Crime Rates at Seamer Street, Scarborough, YO12 4EE

Seamer Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Falsgrave & Stepney , and the 146th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Seamer Street (YO12 4EE) in the last 12 months was 169.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% higher than the Falsgrave & Stepney average (123.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seamer Street (YO12 4EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Depot Lane, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springhill Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.