Total Crime Rate
4.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sewerby Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Bridlington Central and Old Town , and the 28th lowest crime rate of 1,115 local areas in East Riding of 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 Sewerby Avenue (YO16 7DG) in the last 12 months was 4.0 per 1,000 residents and was 95.4% lower than the Bridlington Central and Old Town average (88.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sewerby Avenue (YO16 7DG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Autumn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Autumn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bempton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bempton Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Aidan Road | — |
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