Total Crime Rate

83.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birch Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Great Ayton , and the 436th highest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birch Close (TS9 5FW) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.8% higher than the Great Ayton average (47.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 325.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 281.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Close (TS9 5FW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near White Thorn Close, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jackson Drive (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birch Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peacocks Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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