Total Crime Rate

73.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 73.3 6/10
  • Violent crimes 47.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Knipe Point Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Cayton , and the 508th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knipe Point Drive (YO11 3JT) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% higher than the Cayton average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knipe Point Drive (YO11 3JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seafield Avenue, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Osgodby Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Knipe Point Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osgodby Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Osgodby Hill —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osgodby Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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