Total Crime Rate

98.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 6/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
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

Britannia Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 339th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Britannia Street (YO12 7DN) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Britannia Street (YO12 7DN), 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 Britannia Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wooler Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime St John'S Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Acworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Acworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hampton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ireton Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ireton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Park —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harley Close —
Apr 2026Public order Harley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harley Close 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 2026Other theft Rothbury 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 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raleigh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wooler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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