Total Crime Rate

420.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 420.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 207.9 10/10
  • Burglary 49.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 49.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.7 9/10
  • Other theft 19.8 9/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Robbery 19.8 10/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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.
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Crime overview

Appleton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 135 local areas in Boothferry , and the 51st highest crime rate of 828 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 Appleton Road (HU5 4PF) in the last 12 months was 420.8 per 1,000 residents and was 495.3% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 252.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Appleton Road (HU5 4PF), the main crime hotspot is near Cloughton Grove. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Appleton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartoft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hutton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cropton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cropton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloughton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cloughton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cloughton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grammar School Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skelton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Skelton Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Appleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Appleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Slingsby Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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