Total Crime Rate
1964.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
648.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Falconers Square area has the highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
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 Falconers Square (YO11 2EJ) in the last 12 months was 1964.9 per 1,000 residents and was 276.8% higher than the Castle average (521.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 255 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 240 (β 648.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Falconers Square (YO11 2EJ), the main crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 456 crimes here, including 129 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Nicholas Cliff | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aberdeen Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aberdeen Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberdeen Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberdeen Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberdeen Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Nicholas Cliff | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friar'S Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friar'S Way | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberdeen Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cliff Bridge Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberdeen Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberdeen Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberdeen Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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