Crime Rates at Story Street, Hull, HU1 3SA

Story Street area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Central , and the highest crime rate of 825 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 Story Street (HU1 3SA) in the last 12 months was 3460.4 per 1,000 residents and was 849.8% 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 535 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 10 cases , down -37.5% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 837 (≈ 1792.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Story Street (HU1 3SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 284 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Street (128 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.