Total Crime Rate
67.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tunstall Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 119th lowest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tunstall Avenue (TS26 8NE) in the last 12 months was 67.1 per 1,000 residents and was 80.4% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tunstall Avenue (TS26 8NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wilson Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Suggitt Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hartlepool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suggitt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Welldeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grange Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Welldeck Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Welldeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welldeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oval Grange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welldeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zetland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bright Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Welldeck Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suggitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suggitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Suggitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Suggitt Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Suggitt Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Grange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oval Grange | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brafferton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harcourt Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Street | — |
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