Crime Rates at Spreight Lane Steps, Scarborough, YO11 1RJ

Spreight Lane Steps area has the 19th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 45th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Spreight Lane Steps (YO11 1RJ) in the last 12 months was 415.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% lower than the Castle average (521.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 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 Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 216.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spreight Lane Steps (YO11 1RJ), the main crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 262 crimes here, including 86 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.