Total Crime Rate

1000.0 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 1000.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 848.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.2 9/10
  • Public order 28.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Walpole Road area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Foggy Furze , and the 9th highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Walpole Road (TS25 4LJ) in the last 12 months was 1000.0 per 1,000 residents and was 560.5% higher than the Foggy Furze average (151.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 236 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 97.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 200.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walpole Road (TS25 4LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Walpole Road. Police recorded 269 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walpole Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caxton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Garrick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Caxton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caxton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladys Worthy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladys Worthy Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Sycamores
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinburne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Macaulay Road
Sep 2025Other theft Arnold Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Columbas Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Homer Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garrick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Garrick Grove
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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