Total Crime Rate
207.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brunswick Terrace area has the 9th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Whitby Streonshalh , and the 112th 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 Brunswick Terrace (YO21 1QY) in the last 12 months was 207.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% higher than the Whitby Streonshalh average (193.2 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brunswick Terrace (YO21 1QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windsor Crescent, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near On or near (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Ann'S Staith | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Hilda'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Angel Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Windsor Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Windsor Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Windsor Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Windsor Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Windsor Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angel Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Close Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Windsor Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Esplanade | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Skinner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esplanade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esplanade | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esplanade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Esplanade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Road | Under investigation |
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