Total Crime Rate

86.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 86.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 30.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Priory Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Cayton , and the 402nd 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 Priory Place (YO11 3QU) in the last 12 months was 86.6 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% higher than the Cayton average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Place (YO11 3QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Priory Place, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harvest Way (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southfield Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beacon Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southfield Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Priory Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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