Total Crime Rate
159.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alma Terrace area has the 12th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Selby East , and the 160th 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 Alma Terrace (YO8 3JY) in the last 12 months was 159.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.2% lower than the Selby East average (173.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 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 Anti-social behaviour ( -13.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alma Terrace (YO8 3JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Finkle Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holme Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Robert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmillgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Holme Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Firth Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Turner'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Turner'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Audus Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmillgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmillgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alma Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | The Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Micklegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Micklegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Micklegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Micklegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alma Terrace | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Micklegate | Under investigation |
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