Crime Rate in Norton, ward

Norton has the 28th highest crime rate of 89 wards in North Yorkshire district and the 3583rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 136th lowest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Norton in the last 12 months was 61.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% lower than the North Yorkshire district average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Norton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 203 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 45.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 241 (≈ 28.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Norton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Malton, with 47 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Church Street (13 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.