Total Crime Rate

393.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 393.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 201.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.9 10/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Norwood 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 Norwood Street (YO12 7EG) 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 Norwood Street (YO12 7EG), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Norwood Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/87)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Belgrave Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cambridge Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wooler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Scarborough Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wooler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gladstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barwick Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westwood Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Crescent —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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