Total Crime Rate

88.7 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 88.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thornton Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 155th lowest crime rate of 320 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 Thornton Street (TS26 9ET) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 72.6% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Street (TS26 9ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near York Road, where police recorded 253 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (130 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thornton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caroline Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bailey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roker Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Derwent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lowthian Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caroline Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barbara Mann Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barbara Mann Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Middleton Grange Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caroline Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caroline Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gainford Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gainford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gainford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Gainford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gainford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gainford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gainford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gainford Street β€”

Data Sources

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