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Car crime in Hartlepool

Hartlepool (unitary authority) averaged 472 police-recorded vehicle offences a year in 2024/25 and 2025/26, against 41,621 privately kept licensed cars: a rate of 11.3 per 1,000 cars, 0.94× the England and Wales rate of 12.1. It ranks 108 of 316 local authorities (1 is highest).

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Data to 2026-03-31 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto

Offences per 1,000 cars
11.3
472 offences a year, 2024/25 and 2025/26
vs England & Wales
0.94×
national rate 12.1
Rank
108 of 316
22 of 62 english unitary authorities

How Hartlepool compares

Official data. Hartlepool's rate is 45% above the median local authority (7.8), which puts it in the middle half of the 316 areas.

Among the 62 english unitary authorities, it is 43% above the middle one (7.9) and ranks 22: in the middle half of its type.

Hartlepool vehicle crime rate compared with national and same-type figures
ComparisonPer 1,000 carsHartlepool vs it
Hartlepool11.3—
England and Wales (all offences ÷ all cars)12.10.94×
Median of 316 areas7.81.45×
All english unitary authorities pooled8.71.30×
Median of english unitary authorities7.91.43×

Areas ranked either side

Local authorities ranked immediately above and below Hartlepool
RankAreaTypePer 1,000 cars
105Swaleshire district11.5
106Welwyn Hatfieldshire district11.4
107Boltonmetropolitan district11.4
108Hartlepoolunitary authority11.3
109Kirkleesmetropolitan district11.2
110Dacorumshire district11.2
111Spelthorneshire district11.1

How the 73 Auto insurance estimate treats Hartlepool

73 Auto estimate, not a quote. Hartlepool's vehicle-crime index is 0.94 (its rate ÷ the national rate). That is inside the range the model uses unchanged. The collision part of the premium is multiplied by 0.94 (index^0.94) and the theft part by 0.94 (index^1).

Against the UK-average area (index 0.92), that makes the estimate for the reference driver (age 48, clean record, group 20 car) about 1% higher. The estimate uses your postcode district's index, listed below, not the authority figure directly. The area weighting was fitted to 7 published area premiums (leave-one-out error 13% against 19% with no area effect). See how 73 Auto estimates insurance.

Postcode districts mapped to Hartlepool

Districts where most privately kept cars are in Hartlepool. A district's index is the car-weighted average of the authorities it covers, so the 1 that cross into a neighbouring authority differ from Hartlepool's 0.94. The last column is the 73 Auto estimate relativity for the reference driver.

Postcode districts whose cars are mostly in Hartlepool, with their vehicle-crime index
DistrictCarsIndexEstimate vs UK-average area
TS248,0860.941.01×
TS2516,4190.941.01×
TS2612,0790.941.01×
TS277,2400.810.90×

Limitations

Police-recorded crime only: unreported offences are missing, and recording practice varies between forces.

The rate is per car registered to a keeper in Hartlepool, not per car on its streets. Where many commuters or visitors park, offences against their cars count here while the cars count elsewhere, which pushes the rate up.

Offences a police force did not assign to an area are shared across its areas by car numbers. Scotland and Northern Ireland are not covered.

Estimate insurance for a car kept in Hartlepool

Enter a UK registration, then add your postcode to see how your district's vehicle-crime index moves that car's insurance estimate. Your first check is free and shows the vehicle summary and its headline ownership cost. The category-by-category breakdown is part of a paid check.

UK number plate or 17-character VIN

Where these figures come from

Figures labelled as 73 Auto estimates are our own analysis of these sources, set out in the methodology and data sources. To report a factual error, see corrections.