Crime Rates at Lower Clark Street, Scarborough, YO12 7PW

Lower Clark 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 Lower Clark Street (YO12 7PW) 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 Lower Clark Street (YO12 7PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 237 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.