Total Crime Rate

84.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.9 8/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Dent Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Cottingham North , and the 237th highest crime rate of 1,117 local areas in East Riding of Yorkshire .

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 Dent Road (HU5 4SL) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% higher than the Cottingham North average (70.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dent Road (HU5 4SL), the main crime hotspot is near Fernhill Road. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dent Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holwick Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bagby Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bagby Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Catterick Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Fernhill Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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