Crime Rates at Gladstone Road, Scarborough, YO12 7BJ

Gladstone Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 861st lowest 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 Gladstone Road (YO12 7BJ) in the last 12 months was 31.1 per 1,000 residents and was 94.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gladstone Road (YO12 7BJ), 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.