Total Crime Rate

96.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 34.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Ruff Tail area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Belmont , and the 220th highest crime rate of 473 local areas in Redcar and Cleveland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ruff Tail (TS14 8PN) in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.5% higher than the Belmont average (53.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ruff Tail (TS14 8PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Copse (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Belmont

Crime Over Time in Ruff Tail area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Fulmar Head Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruff Tail Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawthorne Drive
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kestrel Hide Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.