Total Crime Rate
462.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
244.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakwell Grove area has the 5th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Drypool , and the 45th 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 Oakwell Grove (HU8 7SD) in the last 12 months was 462.9 per 1,000 residents and was 173.1% higher than the Drypool average (169.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 244.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakwell Grove (HU8 7SD), the main crime hotspot is near Cudworth Grove. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Drypool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wath Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wath Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Berkshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alaska Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Berkshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montrose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dansom Lane North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Endymion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alaska Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brecon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brecon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Berkshire Street | Under investigation |
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