Total Crime Rate

53.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 53.5 5/10
  • Violent crimes 24.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ruthella Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Castle , and the 370th highest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .

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 Ruthella Street (CA2 7PB) in the last 12 months was 53.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% lower than the Castle average (289.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ruthella Street (CA2 7PB), the main crime hotspot is near Clift Street. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 101 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ruthella Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Howard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clift Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clift Street —
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bright Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Creighton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Cranbourne Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clift Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Cranbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clift Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newtown Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Clift Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Clift Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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