Total Crime Rate

199.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 199.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Peppermint Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Hipswell & Colburn , and the 123rd 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 Peppermint Drive (DL9 4UF) in the last 12 months was 199.4 per 1,000 residents and was 168.1% higher than the Hipswell & Colburn average (74.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 96.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peppermint Drive (DL9 4UF), 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 Peppermint Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offencesUnder investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peppermint Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Blue Nile Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bramble Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramble Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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