Total Crime Rate
696.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sperrin Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ings , and the 19th 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 Sperrin Close (HU9 4AF) in the last 12 months was 696.4 per 1,000 residents and was 497.9% higher than the Ings average (116.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 157 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 75.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 129.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sperrin Close (HU9 4AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oak Croft, where police recorded 186 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grasby Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ings| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grasby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arran Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oak Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oak Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grasby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oak Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oak Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oak Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oak Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Imperial Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oak Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oak Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Staines Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reigate Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frances Brady Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portobello Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Reigate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldegrave Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Staines Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Reigate Close | — |
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