Total Crime Rate

166.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

85.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 166.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 85.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.4 10/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shakespeare Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Foggy Furze , and the 100th highest 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 5NT) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 130.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 85.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Avenue (TS25 5NT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Shakespeare Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Marlborough Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rossall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rossall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rossall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gloucester Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tennyson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Peebles Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fernwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Peebles Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Peebles Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Peebles Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Peebles Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Peebles Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Peebles Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rossall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kyle Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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