Total Crime Rate
1009.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
241.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grey Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Central , and the 10th 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 Grey Street (HU2 8TJ) in the last 12 months was 1009.5 per 1,000 residents and was 177.1% higher than the Central average (364.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 120 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 241.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grey Street (HU2 8TJ), the main crime hotspot is near Spring Bank. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hopwood Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Spring Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Walmsley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walmsley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmsley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spring Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trafalgar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Freehold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Freehold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shakespeare Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Spring Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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