Total Crime Rate
677.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
317.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rydal Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Burn Valley , and the 16th highest crime rate of 317 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 677.7 per 1,000 residents and was 98.3% higher than the Burn Valley average (341.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 317.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% 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 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rydal Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hartlepool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charterhouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ellison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lansdowne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rydal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rydal Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rydal Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charterhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Campion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colwyn Road | Local resolution |
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