Crime Rates at Bar Street, Scarborough, YO11 2HT

Bar Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bar Street (YO11 2HT) in the last 12 months was 1616.7 per 1,000 residents and was 210.1% higher 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 189 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 228 (≈ 657.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bar Street (YO11 2HT), 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.