Total Crime Rate

91.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 39.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Victoria Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 158th lowest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Road (TS26 8DF) in the last 12 months was 91.7 per 1,000 residents and was 73.2% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Road (TS26 8DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Murray Street, where police recorded 365 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (150 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Victoria Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Errol Street
Apr 2026Drugs Thornton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Errol Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Errol Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Errol Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Errol Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stotfold Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stotfold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Errol Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Errol Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murray Street
Apr 2026Other theft Windsor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murray Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Murray Street
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Gainford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Murray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Murray Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Murray Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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