Total Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Margarets Grove area has the 11th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Fens & Greatham , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Margarets Grove (TS25 5BW) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 120.0% higher than the Fens & Greatham average (90.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 75.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 121.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Margarets Grove (TS25 5BW), 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.
View Crime In Fens & Greatham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lakeland Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Patterdale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bowness Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bowness Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashgrove Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Joan'S Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ashgrove Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashgrove Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kent Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St Joan'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Faulder Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kendal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hereford Street | Under investigation |
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