Total Crime Rate
166.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shakespeare 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.
View Crime In Hartlepool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rossall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charterhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Peebles Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fernwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peebles Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peebles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peebles Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kyle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
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