Total Crime Rate

136.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

88.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 136.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 88.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Burglary 10.2 9/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fordyce Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 110 local areas in Fens & Greatham , and the 120th highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fordyce Road (TS25 4DD) in the last 12 months was 136.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% higher than the Fens & Greatham average (83.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 88.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fordyce Road (TS25 4DD), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 198 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fordyce Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glamis Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Farnell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Eskdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eskdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Joppa Grove
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Joppa Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dallas Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Joppa Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Joppa Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Joppa Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunoon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunoon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Farnell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunoon Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kinbrace Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Findlay Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Findlay Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wynyard Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Elgin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holyrood Walk
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holyrood Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Erskine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Erskine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dalkeith Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dalkeith Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kinbrace Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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