Total Crime Rate
116.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Durham Street area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 267th 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 Durham Street (YO12 7PT) in the last 12 months was 116.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.7% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 92.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Durham Street (YO12 7PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regent Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maria'S Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | North Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | James Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | James Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | James Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maria'S Court | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maria'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trafalgar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarence Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower William Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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