Total Crime Rate
45.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Way area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Cottingham North , and the 486th highest crime rate of 1,115 local areas in East Riding of Yorkshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Way (HU16 4EP) in the last 12 months was 45.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% lower than the Cottingham North average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Way (HU16 4EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spencer Way (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spencer Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canongate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canongate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tinley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tinley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summers Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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