Total Crime Rate
162.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stepney Lane area has the 37th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Avenue , and the 224th highest crime rate of 828 local areas in Kingston upon Hull, City of .
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 Stepney Lane (HU5 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 162.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% lower than the Avenue average (163.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 81.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stepney Lane (HU5 1HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grove Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Melwood Grove (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Avenue| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Adderbury Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Adderbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Adderbury Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Kottingham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kottingham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Helena Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thistleton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farringdon Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Hilda Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Hilda Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Hilda Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Pendrill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Epworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Goodrich Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Grove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Epworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Epworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Epworth Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Nithdale Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coupland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Clifton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clifton Terrace | Under investigation |
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