Total Crime Rate
252.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Appin Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Kingswood , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 825 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 Appin Close (HU7 5BB) in the last 12 months was 252.2 per 1,000 residents and was 260.6% higher than the Kingswood average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 108.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Appin Close (HU7 5BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lothian Way, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greygarth Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In North Carr| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lothian Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grassington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rannoch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlstone Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosswood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gifford Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grassington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greygarth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grassington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kinderscout Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kinderscout Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Snowdon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rannoch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lothian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lothian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lothian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lothian Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lothian Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lothian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lothian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lothian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lothian Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lothian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rannoch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlstone Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rannoch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whernside Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Whernside Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whernside Close | Under investigation |
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