Total Crime Rate
149.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Raleigh Street area has the 37th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 178th 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 Raleigh Street (YO12 7LG) in the last 12 months was 149.4 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 100.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Raleigh Street (YO12 7LG), 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.
View Crime In Northstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wooler Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Caledonia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rothbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wooler Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wooler Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ireton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ireton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wooler Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Manor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roseville Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murchison Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Murchison Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wooler Street | Under investigation |
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