Total Crime Rate
32.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bright Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 58th lowest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bright Street (TS26 8LA) in the last 12 months was 32.1 per 1,000 residents and was 90.1% lower than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bright Street (TS26 8LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grange Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stephen Street (33 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 | Stephen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Raeburn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cundall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Topcliffe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Raeburn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Suggitt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raeburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raeburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Suggitt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Suggitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Linden Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mulgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Suggitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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