Total Crime Rate
750.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oxford Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 15th highest crime rate of 320 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 Oxford Road (TS25 5SN) in the last 12 months was 750.0 per 1,000 residents and was 132.0% higher 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 412.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 214.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Road (TS25 5SN), the main crime hotspot is near Jackson Street. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coleridge Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dorset Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Melrose Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alverstone Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cornwall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northumberland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coleridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jackson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jackson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Devon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rugby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stirling Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stirling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stirling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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