Crime Rates at Shakespeare Avenue, Hartlepool, TS25 5NS

Shakespeare Avenue area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Foggy Furze , and the 147th lowest 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 Shakespeare Avenue (TS25 5NS) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% lower than the Foggy Furze average (134.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Avenue (TS25 5NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peebles Avenue, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charterhouse Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.