Total Crime Rate

75.5 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 75.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 21st highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Cottingham North , and the 265th highest crime rate of 1,117 local areas in East Riding of Yorkshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dent Road (HU5 4SR) in the last 12 months was 75.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dent Road (HU5 4SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gilling Mews, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beadlam Mews (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dent Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holwick Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beadlam Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bagby Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Catterick Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bricknell Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bagby Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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