Total Crime Rate
1880.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
677.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Osborne Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 4th highest crime rate of 317 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 Osborne Road (TS26 9EW) in the last 12 months was 1880.2 per 1,000 residents and was 450.2% higher than the Burn Valley average (341.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 8 cases , down -11.1% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 20.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 294 (≈ 677.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osborne Road (TS26 9EW), the main crime hotspot is near York Road. Police recorded 264 crimes here, including 120 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 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bailey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elcho Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windsor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bailey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elcho Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Keswick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Keswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bailey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Campion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Caroline Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lansdowne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elcho Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elcho Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thornton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Milton Road | Under investigation |
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