Total Crime Rate
1964.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
648.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Nicholas Mews 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 St Nicholas Mews (YO11 2EZ) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 St Nicholas Mews (YO11 2EZ), the main crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 401 crimes here, including 113 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 | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Thomas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Vernon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterhouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterhouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterhouse Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterhouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterhouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterhouse Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterhouse Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterhouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterhouse Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdeen Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Suspect charged as part of another case |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Investigation complete; no suspect identified | |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cliff Bridge Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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