Total Crime Rate

545.0 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 545.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 199.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 104.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.7 10/10
  • Other crime 37.9 10/10
  • Burglary 33.2 10/10
  • Public order 33.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.4 9/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.0 10/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Colenso Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 21st highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Colenso Street (TS26 9BD) in the last 12 months was 545.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 246.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colenso Street (TS26 9BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ellison Street, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charterhouse Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Colenso Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charterhouse Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burn Valley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Street
Sep 2025Drugs Marlborough Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellison Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colwyn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Colwyn Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Rydal Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Eamont Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rugby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burn Valley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rossall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Belmont Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rugby Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charterhouse Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Charterhouse Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Charterhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colenso Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Colenso Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charterhouse Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charterhouse Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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