Total Crime Rate
1792.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Pauls Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 4th highest crime rate of 320 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 St Pauls Road (TS26 9EY) in the last 12 months was 1792.6 per 1,000 residents and was 454.5% higher than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 252 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 8 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -23.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 273 (≈ 629.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Pauls Road (TS26 9EY), the main crime hotspot is near York Road. Police recorded 253 crimes here, including 110 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Roker Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flaxton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richard Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wansbeck Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eltringham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eltringham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flaxton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Christopher Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Murray Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elliott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lucan Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lucan Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lucan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lucan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lucan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Derwent Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elliott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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