Total Crime Rate
45.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parker Drive area has the 18th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Aiskew & Leeming , and the 885th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Parker Drive (DL8 2UD) in the last 12 months was 45.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% higher than the Aiskew & Leeming average (43.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parker Drive (DL8 2UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near College Court, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hird Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bedale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kendrew Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendrew Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South End | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peirse Close | Under investigation |
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