Total Crime Rate
438.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Derwent 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 Derwent Street (TS26 8BQ) 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 Derwent Street (TS26 8BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near York Road, where police recorded 253 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.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Christopher Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Errol Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laburnum Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Errol Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Errol Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lowthian Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Errol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Errol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Christopher Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wharton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Errol Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Errol Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Errol Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Errol Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Christopher Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Christopher Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Errol Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynnfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Joicey Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Joicey Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Joicey Court | Awaiting court outcome |
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