Total Crime Rate
1161.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025York Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 8th 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 York Road (TS26 9DT) in the last 12 months was 1161.4 per 1,000 residents and was 259.2% higher than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 107 (≈ 479.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around York Road (TS26 9DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, where police recorded 333 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Road (110 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Caroline Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flaxton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Windsor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caroline Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Campion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gainford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roker Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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