Total Crime Rate

32.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 32.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Commercial Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 862nd lowest crime rate of 2,071 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 Commercial Street (YO12 5EW) in the last 12 months was 32.5 per 1,000 residents and was 93.2% lower than the Castle average (481.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Street (YO12 5EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wooler Street, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Place (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Cambridge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime St James Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sinclair Court
Sep 2025Drugs Caledonia Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Falsgrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falsgrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wooler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Street
Sep 2025Public order Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ireton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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