Total Crime Rate
65.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buckingham Street area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Drypool , and the 287th lowest crime rate of 825 local areas in Kingston upon Hull, City of .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buckingham Street (HU8 8TS) in the last 12 months was 65.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.6% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckingham Street (HU8 8TS), 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 | Cudworth Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wath Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lime Tree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Tree Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wath Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brecon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Street | 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 | Alaska Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colman Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brecon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Berkshire Street | Under investigation |
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