Total Crime Rate
1090.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Flaxley Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Selby East , and the 7th highest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .
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 Flaxley Road (YO8 4BG) in the last 12 months was 1090.9 per 1,000 residents and was 519.7% higher than the Selby East average (176.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -59.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 265.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Flaxley Road (YO8 4BG), the main crime hotspot is near Buttermere Court. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Selby East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | White Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kitchener Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carentan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cockret Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cockret Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cockret Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockret Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Topcliffe Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Topcliffe Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buttermere Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buttermere Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Topcliffe Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | White Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coupland Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | White Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gowthorpe | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Scott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dam Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richard Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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