Total Crime Rate

143.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 143.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.0 8/10
  • Other theft 18.8 9/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
  • Burglary 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

Church Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Whitby Streonshalh , and the 197th highest crime rate of 2,071 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 Church Street (YO22 4AW) in the last 12 months was 143.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.9% lower than the Whitby Streonshalh average (184.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (YO22 4AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Ann'S Staith, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ropery Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Angel Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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