Total Crime Rate

68.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 68.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Chaucer Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Foggy Furze , and the 130th lowest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chaucer Avenue (TS25 5PX) in the last 12 months was 68.2 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 140.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Avenue (TS25 5PX), the main crime hotspot is near Walpole Road. Police recorded 269 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chaucer Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walpole Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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