Crime Rates at South Street, Scarborough, YO11 2BP

South Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 57th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around South Street (YO11 2BP) in the last 12 months was 325.2 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 147.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Street (YO11 2BP), the main crime hotspot is near St Martin'S Place. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.