Total Crime Rate

99.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 99.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.5 6/10
  • Burglary 19.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

The Laurels area has the 9th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Foggy Furze , and the 157th highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Laurels (TS25 5QH) in the last 12 months was 99.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% lower than the Foggy Furze average (151.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Laurels (TS25 5QH), the main crime hotspot is near Gloucester Street. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Laurels area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Oxford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wordsworth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gloucester Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burn Valley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burn Valley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Blakelock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brinkburn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rosebank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tristram Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosebank —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shelley Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waverley Terrace —
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Data Sources

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