Total Crime Rate

385.0 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 385.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 169.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.9 10/10
  • Other theft 37.6 10/10
  • Burglary 23.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.8 9/10
  • Drugs 14.1 9/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

York Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 33rd 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 York Road (TS26 8AR) in the last 12 months was 385.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% 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 Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 183.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Road (TS26 8AR), 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 York Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Johnson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Johnson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Johnson Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Johnson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barbara Mann Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Johnson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Johnson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Murray Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Johnson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Johnson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murray Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Johnson Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grainger Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Johnson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cameron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jobson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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