Total Crime Rate
323.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
170.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dorothy Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Scarbrough & Seacroft , and the 20th highest crime rate of 489 local areas in East Lindsey .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dorothy Avenue (PE25 2BT) in the last 12 months was 323.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% higher than the Scarbrough & Seacroft average (251.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 170.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorothy Avenue (PE25 2BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 230 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (105 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robin Hood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berry Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Robin Hood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cecil Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Berry Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pelham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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