Total Crime Rate

131.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 51.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.1 10/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Royal Avenue area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 227th 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 Royal Avenue (YO11 2LT) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Royal Avenue (YO11 2LT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Royal Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/66)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs College Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime College Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Cromwell Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Martin'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Fulford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Valley Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Westbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cromwell Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Martin'S Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Martin'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Martin'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Valley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
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Data Sources

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