Total Crime Rate

319.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 319.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 107.5 10/10
  • Other crime 21.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Highland Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Fens & Greatham , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highland Road (TS25 3EQ) in the last 12 months was 319.0 per 1,000 residents and was 250.9% higher than the Fens & Greatham average (90.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 143.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highland Road (TS25 3EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunoon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dunoon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunoon Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holyrood Walk
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunoon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heriot Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heriot Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heriot Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Islay Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Islay Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heriot Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenock Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Greenock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunoon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Inch Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Inch Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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