Total Crime Rate
633.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Duke Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 17th 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 Duke Street (TS26 8QE) in the last 12 months was 633.3 per 1,000 residents and was 95.9% higher than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 358.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 59.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Duke Street (TS26 8QE), the main crime hotspot is near Sheriff Street. Police recorded 68 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Everett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sandringham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Everett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Everett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Everett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raeburn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Everett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welldeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welldeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sandringham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mulgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulgrave Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ernest Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jesmond Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheriff Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheriff Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sheriff Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sheriff Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stephen Street | Under investigation |
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