Total Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Raikes Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Skipton East & South , and the 1012th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Raikes Road (BD23 1NP) in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% lower than the Skipton East & South average (55.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Possession of weapons with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Raikes Road (BD23 1NP), the main crime hotspot is near Swadford Street. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swadford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coach Street Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swadford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendals Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mill Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Brookside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coach Street Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephens Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Belmont Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hallam'S Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swadford Street | Under investigation |
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