The figures have been revealed by the Home Office on its www.police.uk website and cover reported incidents in town during September 2022. All incidents are said to have taken place “on or near" named addresses. Read more: The latest rogues’ gallery of jailed Hartlepool criminals.
1. Middleton Grange Shopping Centre
Twenty-three incidents, including 15 shoplifting cases and two anti-social behaviour complaints, are reported to have taken place "on or near" this location. Photo: Frank Reid
2. Hartlepool Police Station
Twenty-two incidents, including 12 violence and sexual offences (classed together) and two anti-social behaviour incidents, are reported to have taken place "on or near" this location. The incidents may have been logged here rather than happening here. Photo: Frank Reid
3. York Road
Twenty incidents, including five violence and sexual offences (classed together) and four shoplifting cases, are reported to have taken place "on or near" this location. Photo: Frank Reid
4. Station Approach
Sixteen incidents, including 10 violence and sexual offences (classed together) and four anti-social behaviour cases, are reported to have taken place "on or near" this location. Photo: Frank Reid