Total Crime Rate
57.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Askew Avenue area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 135 local areas in Boothferry , and the 250th lowest crime rate of 825 local areas in Kingston upon Hull, City of .
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 Askew Avenue (HU4 6NU) in the last 12 months was 57.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% lower than the Boothferry average (69.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Askew Avenue (HU4 6NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Huntingdon Street, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hampshire Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newington & Gipsyville| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Huntingdon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hereford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Huntingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huntingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gloucester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Greenway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Greenway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Huntingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Huntingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hampshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sharow Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olivier Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olivier Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olivier Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Council Avenue | Under investigation |
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