Total Crime Rate

192.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 192.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 26.1 7/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

First Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Hipswell & Colburn , and the 131st highest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around First Avenue (DL9 4RQ) in the last 12 months was 192.2 per 1,000 residents and was 158.4% higher than the Hipswell & Colburn average (74.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 61.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around First Avenue (DL9 4RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blue Nile Way, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highstead Way (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in First Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beechwood Grove
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Blue Nile Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosebud Way
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bluebell Walk Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bluebell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bluebell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offencesUnder investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton-Thompson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton-Thompson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hamilton-Thompson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offencesUnder investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peppermint Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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