Total Crime Rate
535.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
273.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Road (TS25 5SA) in the last 12 months was 535.0 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -94.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 273.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Road (TS25 5SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peebles Avenue, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hartlepool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rossall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burn Valley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beachfield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burn Valley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uppingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uppingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leamington Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leamington Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jackson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jackson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jackson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jackson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chez Nous Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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