Total Crime Rate

99.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Watersedge area has the 9th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Driffield and Rural , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 1,117 local areas in East Riding of Yorkshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watersedge (YO25 6PD) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.8% higher than the Driffield and Rural average (54.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 91.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watersedge (YO25 6PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Riverside Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Green (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Watersedge area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River Head Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riverside Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Riverside Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River Head Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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