Total Crime Rate
545.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rydal Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 21st highest crime rate of 320 local areas in Hartlepool .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rydal Street (TS26 9BA) in the last 12 months was 545.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% higher than the Burn Valley average (323.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 246.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rydal Street (TS26 9BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ellison Street, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jackson Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burn Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jackson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arncliffe Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rydal Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arncliffe Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rugby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rugby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wansbeck Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eamont Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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