Total Crime Rate

575.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

337.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 575.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 337.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 275.0 10/10
  • Burglary 62.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 56.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.0 10/10
  • Public order 43.8 10/10
  • Other theft 31.3 10/10
  • Drugs 12.5 9/10
  • Robbery 12.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Oxford Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 20th 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 5SQ) in the last 12 months was 575.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.3% 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 44 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 ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 337.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oxford Road (TS25 5SQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ellison Street, where police recorded 97 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.

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Crime Over Time in Oxford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Dorset Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leamington Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stirling Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stirling Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thirlmere Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leamington Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chez Nous Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellison Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Spring Garden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ellison Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ellison Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ellison Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rossall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rossall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rossall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rossall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rossall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beachfield Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Harrow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Coleridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Penrhyn Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Devon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penrhyn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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