Crime Rates at Tennyson Avenue, Scarborough, YO12 7RF

Tennyson Avenue area has the 40th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 198th 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 Tennyson Avenue (YO12 7RF) in the last 12 months was 143.4 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -45.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 560.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Avenue (YO12 7RF), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Park Avenue. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.