Total Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rankins Well Road area has the lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Skipton East & South , and the 36th lowest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rankins Well Road (BD23 2TU) in the last 12 months was 3.7 per 1,000 residents and was 93.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rankins Well Road (BD23 2TU), the main crime hotspot is near Whinny Gill Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Brook | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Princes Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whinny Gill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whinny Gill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Under investigation |
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