Crime Rates at Hope Street, Scarborough, YO12 7PR

Hope Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 39th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hope Street (YO12 7PR) in the last 12 months was 467.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 235.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hope Street (YO12 7PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 300 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aberdeen Place (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.