Total Crime Rate
1161.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lister Street 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 Lister Street (TS26 9LD) 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 Lister Street (TS26 9LD), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rydal Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gainford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gainford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Caroline Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Caroline Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gainford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penrhyn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Penrhyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flaxton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flaxton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Penrhyn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrhyn Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | York Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gainford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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