Total Crime Rate
176.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Watts Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Minster and Woodmansey , and the 77th highest crime rate of 1,115 local areas in East Riding of Yorkshire .
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 Watts Road (HU17 9DZ) in the last 12 months was 176.5 per 1,000 residents and was 133.2% higher than the Minster and Woodmansey average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Watts Road (HU17 9DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brumfield Court, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cooper Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hammond Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cooper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cooper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watts Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sample Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sample Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hammond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thompson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thompson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Thompson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hodgson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Riding Fields Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cherry Tree Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holderness Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Knights Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Athelstan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brumfield Court | Under investigation |
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