Total Crime Rate

438.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 438.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 192.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.5 10/10
  • Public order 48.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.1 10/10
  • Drugs 32.1 10/10
  • Other theft 21.4 10/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Other crime 16.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lowthian Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 28th highest crime rate of 320 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 Lowthian Road (TS26 8AL) in the last 12 months was 438.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.6% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -78.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 251.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowthian Road (TS26 8AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 324 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (130 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lowthian Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road —
Sep 2025Public order Cameron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Christopher Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Christopher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christopher Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christopher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christopher Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Christopher Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cameron Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Laburnum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Derwent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Errol Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Lowthian Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barbara Mann Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barbara Mann Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Middleton Grange Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rium Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rium Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cameron Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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