Crime Rates at Porters Headland, Pickering, YO18 8AG

Porters Headland area has the 8th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Pickering , and the 442nd highest crime rate of 2,067 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 Porters Headland (YO18 8AG) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% lower than the Pickering average (82.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 53.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Porters Headland (YO18 8AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Place, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near On or near (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.