Crime Rate in Castle, ward

Castle has the highest crime rate of 89 wards in North Yorkshire district and the 27th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Castle in the last 12 months was 481.1 per 1,000 residents and was 610.3% higher than the North Yorkshire district average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Castle’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1,244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 15 cases , down -31.8% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 81.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -32.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,418 (≈ 168.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Castle ward, the main local crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 610 crimes here, including 167 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.