Crime Rates at Roscoe Street, Scarborough, YO12 7BY

Roscoe Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 47th highest crime rate of 2,071 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 Roscoe Street (YO12 7BY) in the last 12 months was 393.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% lower than the Castle average (481.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roscoe Street (YO12 7BY), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.