Total Crime Rate
528.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
221.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Park Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Castle , and the 30th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Park Avenue (YO12 7TR) in the last 12 months was 528.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% higher than the Castle average (521.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 221.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Park Avenue (YO12 7TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Marine Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Park Avenue (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northstead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trafalgar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trafalgar Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peasholm Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Investigation complete; no suspect identified | |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Peasholm Gap | Under investigation |
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