Foggy Furze
Middle areaEast Hartlepool. 6,137 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 8% of people in Foggy Furze live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Foggy Furze
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Foggy Furze at a rate of 210.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 161.2 per 1,000 people across Hartlepool.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 462 |
| Other crime | 202 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 149 |
| Shoplifting | 127 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 123 |
| Burglary | 75 |
| Drug offences | 62 |
| Vehicle crime | 57 |
| Robbery | 33 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Foggy Furze compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Foggy Furze safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Foggy Furze at a rate of 210.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 161.2 per 1,000 people across Hartlepool.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 142 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Foggy Furze.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (462), other crime (202) and criminal damage and arson (149).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Hartlepool
These figures are published for the whole of Hartlepool, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Hartlepool and not Foggy Furze alone. See Hartlepool
Foggy Furze in brief
The median price paid for a home in Foggy Furze was £89,999 in 2025.
Foggy Furze had 5,805 usual residents at the census.
About 8% of people in Foggy Furze live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Foggy Furze, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.