Total Crime Rate
1816.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
392.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Murray Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 5th highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Murray Street (TS26 8PJ) in the last 12 months was 1816.0 per 1,000 residents and was 431.4% higher than the Burn Valley average (341.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 271 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 98 (≈ 392.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Murray Street (TS26 8PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Murray Street, where police recorded 365 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lucan Street (80 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hartlepool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christopher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elcho Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Christopher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Murray Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elcho Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Derwent Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheriff Street | Under investigation |
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