Total Crime Rate

51.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

19.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 51.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 19.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • 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
  • 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

Commercial Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 771st 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 Commercial Street (YO12 5EW) in the last 12 months was 51.5 per 1,000 residents and was 90.1% lower than the Castle average (521.4 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Commercial Street (YO12 5EW), the main crime hotspot is near Wooler Street. Police recorded 203 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Commercial Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/49)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Caledonia Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wooler Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wooler Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Falsgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime St John'S Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wooler Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Commercial Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Parade Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences All Saints' Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs All Saints' Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glayton Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Glayton Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glayton Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glayton Court —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rothbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Falsgrave Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons New Park Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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