Total Crime Rate
608.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
369.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scarborough Terrace area has the highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Clifton , and the 13th highest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Scarborough Terrace (YO30 7AW) in the last 12 months was 608.5 per 1,000 residents and was 378.5% higher than the Clifton average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 131 (≈ 369.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scarborough Terrace (YO30 7AW), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 177 crimes here, including 110 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In York| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Murrough Wilson Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Surtees Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Stone Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grosvenor Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bootham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ratcliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
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