Total Crime Rate
147.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rombalds Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Skipton East & South , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rombalds Drive (BD23 2SP) in the last 12 months was 147.6 per 1,000 residents and was 168.5% higher than the Skipton East & South average (55.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 90.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 88.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rombalds Drive (BD23 2SP), the main crime hotspot is near Rombalds Way. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pinhaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinhaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sharphaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sharphaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sharphaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cawder Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmoreland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cawder Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cawder Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cawder Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rombalds Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rombalds Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rombalds Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rombalds Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rombalds Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sharphaw Avenue | Under investigation |
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