Total Crime Rate
606.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
234.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cliff Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Whitby Streonshalh , and the 26th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cliff Street (YO21 3DE) in the last 12 months was 606.1 per 1,000 residents and was 213.7% higher than the Whitby Streonshalh average (193.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 234.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cliff Street (YO21 3DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windsor Crescent, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Esplanade (25 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 | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Esplanade | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Esplanade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belle Vue Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Close Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Skinner Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Windsor Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Ann'S Staith | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Angel Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Angel Yard | Under investigation |
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