Total Crime Rate
285.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blakelock Gardens area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 56th 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 Blakelock Gardens (TS25 5QW) in the last 12 months was 285.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% lower than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 159.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blakelock Gardens (TS25 5QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ellison Street, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jackson Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stirling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kimberley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kimberley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stirling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stirling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charterhouse Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flaxton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Peebles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rydal Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rugby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rugby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marlborough Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oban Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrhyn Street | Under investigation |
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