Total Crime Rate

334.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

115.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 334.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 115.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 79.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Other crime 13.3 10/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 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

Avenue Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 54th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avenue Road (YO12 5JU) in the last 12 months was 334.4 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% lower than the Castle average (521.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 115.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avenue Road (YO12 5JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wooler Street, where police recorded 203 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Belgrave Crescent (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Avenue Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Westwood Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Acworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwood Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwood Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westwood Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St James Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Acworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Depot Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seamer Road Corner —
Apr 2026Public order Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wooler Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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