Crime Rates at Whin Bank, Scarborough, YO12 5LD

Whin Bank area has the 6th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Falsgrave & Stepney , and the 108th 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 Whin Bank (YO12 5LD) in the last 12 months was 209.0 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 118.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whin Bank (YO12 5LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cambridge Place, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stepney Rise (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.