Total Crime Rate

234.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

116.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 234.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 116.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 49.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.9 9/10
  • Public order 20.6 9/10
  • Other crime 12.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forfar Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 110 local areas in Fens & Greatham , and the 71st highest crime rate of 317 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 Forfar Road (TS25 4DF) in the last 12 months was 234.5 per 1,000 residents and was 180.2% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 116.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forfar Road (TS25 4DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Joppa Grove, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fraser Grove (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forfar Road area

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

Data Sources

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