Crime Rates at Norwood Street, Scarborough, YO12 7EQ

Norwood Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 125th 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 Norwood Street (YO12 7EQ) in the last 12 months was 192.8 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -94.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwood Street (YO12 7EQ), 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.