Total Crime Rate

189.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 189.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.6 8/10
  • Burglary 21.6 10/10
  • Drugs 21.6 10/10
  • Other theft 17.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Worcester 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.

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Crime Over Time in Worcester Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hereford Street
Sep 2025Burglary Kent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Patterdale Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Joan'S Grove
Sep 2025Burglary St Joan'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Joan'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Joan'S Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Joan'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Kent Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sydenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowness Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lakeland Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Faulder Walk
Sep 2025Robbery Bowness Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bowness Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lakeland Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Coleridge Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Coleridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sussex Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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