Total Crime Rate

457.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 457.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 291.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Public order 32.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.2 9/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St John Street area has the highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Bridlington Central and Old Town , and the 11th highest crime rate of 1,117 local areas in East Riding of 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 St John Street (YO16 7NN) in the last 12 months was 457.5 per 1,000 residents and was 328.6% higher than the Bridlington Central and Old Town average (106.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -49.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 109.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St John Street (YO16 7NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baptist Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St John Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brookland Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Butchers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Burglary Brookland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butchers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baptist Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baptist Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baptist Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order B1423 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Jude Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckrose Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baylegate
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havelock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Flag Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawson Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft The Bolt Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kirkgate Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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