Total Crime Rate
561.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
352.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Straker Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 21st highest crime rate of 317 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 561.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.3% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 352.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% 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 365 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Road (81 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hartlepool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wharton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Paul'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Errol Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Errol Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Errol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Errol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Errol Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Errol Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wharton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Middleton Grange Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Middleton Grange Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Middleton Grange Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rium Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rium Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rium Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Addison Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lowthian Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lowthian Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lowthian Road | Under investigation |
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