Total Crime Rate
854.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
473.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dagger Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Central , and the 12th highest crime rate of 825 local areas in Kingston upon Hull, City of .
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 Dagger Lane (HU1 2LX) in the last 12 months was 854.8 per 1,000 residents and was 134.6% higher than the Central average (364.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 473.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dagger Lane (HU1 2LX), the main crime hotspot is near New Cross Street. Police recorded 120 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Andrew's & Docklands| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Custom House Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Cross Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | New Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | New Cross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dagger Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Custom House Buildings | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Custom House Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dagger Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Custom House Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Custom House Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Custom House Buildings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Custom House Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Savile Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fish Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princes Dock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Dock Avenue | Under investigation |
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