Total Crime Rate
313.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
198.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Murray Street area has the 31st highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 51st highest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Murray Street (TS26 8RG) in the last 12 months was 313.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 198.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Murray Street (TS26 8RG), the main crime hotspot is near Murray Street. Police recorded 365 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hartlepool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cameron Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cameron Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Straker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cameron Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Christopher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christopher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sandringham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cameron Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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