Total Crime Rate
363.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
185.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blakelock Gardens area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 36th 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 Blakelock Gardens (TS25 5QW) in the last 12 months was 363.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% higher than the Burn Valley average (341.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 185.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.0% 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 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rydal Street (37 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 | Barton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colwyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colwyn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uppingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
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