Total Crime Rate
1052.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
558.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornwall Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 9th highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cornwall Street (TS25 5RG) in the last 12 months was 1052.0 per 1,000 residents and was 207.8% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 86 (≈ 558.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornwall Street (TS25 5RG), 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 | Rossall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Street | — |
| 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 | Grasmere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colwyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colwyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colwyn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Keswick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Keswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fernwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
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