Total Crime Rate

40.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 40.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Prospect Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 1023rd highest crime rate of 2,071 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 Prospect Road (YO12 7LD) in the last 12 months was 40.5 per 1,000 residents and was 91.6% lower than the Castle average (481.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prospect Road (YO12 7LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harley Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prospect Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prospect Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Manor Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ireton Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Livingstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sinclair Court —
Sep 2025Drugs Caledonia Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ireton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hampton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ireton Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harley Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Park —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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