Two anti-social hot spots in same Hartlepool street shut down after making residents' lives a misery

Closure orders have been placed on two houses in Stirling Street, off Oxford Road, after reports that people in the addresses were making local residents’ lives a misery.

It was part of a crackdown by the Hartlepool Community Safety team with Cleveland Police and Hartlepool Borough Council working together after residents reported the issues to them.

It is now an offence for anyone officers of the local authority and landlords or their agents to enter numbers 27 and 37 Stirling Street for three months.

Marie Hartland, of Hartlepool Borough Council’s Anti-Social Behaviour Team, said: “The Hartlepool Community Safety Team is not prepared to tolerate such behaviour, and we immediately began to compile a case against these two addresses as soon as the problems in Stirling Street were reported to us.”

Anyone who breaches the closure orders risk arrest and even prison.

Neighbourhood police officer, Inspector Mark Haworth, added: “We will continue to work with the council to close down addresses which are causing problems for the law abiding majority.

“Hartlepool has such strong community spirit that can easily be eroded by criminal and anti-social behaviour – our message is, we won’t let that happen.

“If you are experiencing problems in your area let us know and we will do all we can with the powers that we have to help solve the problem.”

Last week, the community safety team, which also includes representatives of Cleveland Fire Brigade, police and crime commissioner and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, held a ‘day of action’ nearby in Cornwall Street, Charterhouse Street, Uppingham Street, Richmond Street, Dorset Street and Rydal Street.

Residents were given free home security kits containing door and window alarms, a TV simulator, UV property marking pen and light timers.

The six streets suffer from particularly high levels of crime such as shoplifting, burglary and theft.

Authorities are appealing to residents to report any breaches of the Stirling Street closure orders by calling police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

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