Crime Rates at Straker Street, Hartlepool, TS26 8BP

Straker Street 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 Straker Street (TS26 8BP) 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 Straker Street (TS26 8BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Murray Street, where police recorded 226 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Road (82 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.