Total Crime Rate
220.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Priory Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 135 local areas in Boothferry , and the 146th 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 Priory Road (HU5 5SG) in the last 12 months was 220.2 per 1,000 residents and was 211.6% higher than the Boothferry average (70.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 61.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Road (HU5 5SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fernhill Road, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coronation Road North (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boothferry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teasdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fernhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Easby Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Easby Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Coronation Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Coronation Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coronation Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coronation Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coronation Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Coronation Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilnwick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Grange | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilnwick Avenue | Under investigation |
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