Crime Rates at Melville Street, Hull, HU1 2QN

Melville Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Central , and the 27th highest crime rate of 828 local areas in Kingston upon Hull, City of .

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 Melville Street (HU1 2QN) in the last 12 months was 584.3 per 1,000 residents and was 69.5% higher than the Central average (344.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 280.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melville Street (HU1 2QN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 185 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Street (119 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.