Total Crime Rate
132.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shakespeare Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Foggy Furze , and the 126th highest crime rate of 320 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 5NT) in the last 12 months was 132.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% lower than the Foggy Furze average (151.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shakespeare Avenue (TS25 5NT), 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.
View Crime In Foggy Furze| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Melrose Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oban Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rugby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rugby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marlborough Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Blakelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burn Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wordsworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waverley Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charterhouse Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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