Crime Rates at Ruthin Close, Stockton-on-tees, TS19 9EF

Ruthin Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Hardwick & Salters Lane , and the 146th highest crime rate of 645 local areas in Stockton-on-Tees .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ruthin Close (TS19 9EF) in the last 12 months was 168.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.2% lower than the Hardwick & Salters Lane average (198.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ruthin Close (TS19 9EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rochester Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rochdale Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.