Total Crime Rate
189.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Worcester Gardens area has the 45th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 87th highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Worcester Gardens (TS25 1RD) in the last 12 months was 189.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% lower than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Worcester Gardens (TS25 1RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coleridge Avenue, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Joan'S Grove (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Patterdale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Joan'S Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Joan'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sydenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hereford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Borrowdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakeland Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Faulder Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bowness Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bowness Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lakeland Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coleridge Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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