Total Crime Rate
189.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Mawes Crescent area has the 8th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Freshney , and the 113th highest crime rate of 525 local areas in North East Lincolnshire .
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 St Mawes Crescent (DN34 4JA) in the last 12 months was 189.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% higher than the Freshney average (112.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 96.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Mawes Crescent (DN34 4JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Yarborough Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sorrel Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Freshney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Yarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Yarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Yarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Yarborough Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Yarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Yarborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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