Crime Rates at Howard Street, Scarborough, YO12 7QB

Howard Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 357th highest crime rate of 2,071 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 Howard Street (YO12 7QB) in the last 12 months was 95.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.1% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howard Street (YO12 7QB), the main crime hotspot is near Regent Street. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.