Total Crime Rate
59.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Osborne Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 101st lowest crime rate of 317 local areas in Hartlepool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Osborne Road (TS26 9JP) in the last 12 months was 59.3 per 1,000 residents and was 82.6% lower than the Burn Valley average (341.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osborne Road (TS26 9JP), the main crime hotspot is near Gainford Street. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 53 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Powell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colwyn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colwyn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gainford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gainford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gainford Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gainford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Caroline Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Keswick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Keswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windsor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
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