Total Crime Rate

213.0 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 213.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 93.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Heathfield Drive area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 77th highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heathfield Drive (TS25 5LX) in the last 12 months was 213.0 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 61.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heathfield Drive (TS25 5LX), the main crime hotspot is near Charterhouse Street. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Heathfield Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Peebles Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Melrose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Melrose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melrose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Melrose Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Peebles Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Oxford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charterhouse Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Peebles Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Peebles Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Peebles Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oban Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rugby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rugby Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gloucester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Marlborough Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Charterhouse Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charterhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charterhouse Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melrose Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charterhouse Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caledonian Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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