Total Crime Rate

95.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 95.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Gershwin Avenue area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 135 local areas in Boothferry , and the 408th highest crime rate of 828 local areas in Kingston upon Hull, City of .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gershwin Avenue (HU4 7NJ) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% higher than the Boothferry average (70.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gershwin Avenue (HU4 7NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gershwin Avenue, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lashbrook Garth (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Boothferry

Crime Over Time in Gershwin Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Rokeby Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lashbrook Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lashbrook Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lashbrook Garth
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Novello Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sullivan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Netherton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elgar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elgar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Netherton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lashbrook Garth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Quilter Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lashbrook Garth Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.