Total Crime Rate

1220.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1220.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 656.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 220.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.0 10/10
  • Public order 48.0 10/10
  • Drugs 44.0 10/10
  • Burglary 36.0 10/10
  • Other theft 32.0 10/10
  • Robbery 32.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.0 10/10
  • Other crime 16.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Christopher Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 7th highest crime rate of 320 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 Christopher Street (TS26 8PP) in the last 12 months was 1220.0 per 1,000 residents and was 277.4% higher than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 164 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 304.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Christopher Street (TS26 8PP), the main crime hotspot is near Murray Street. Police recorded 226 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Christopher Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/78)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lynnfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheriff Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheriff Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sheriff Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sheriff Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elcho Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynnfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lynnfield Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Sandringham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murray Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Murray Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sandringham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Christopher Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hunter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tankerville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Elcho Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Derwent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elliott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Laburnum Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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