Total Crime Rate
125.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charles Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Selby East , and the 241st highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Charles Street (YO8 4DA) in the last 12 months was 125.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.5% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 88.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 84.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charles Street (YO8 4DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haig Street, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mirkhill Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishop Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Haig Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mirkhill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirkhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennant Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Azalea Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Flaxley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hempbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hempbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hempbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hempbridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haig Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haig Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollywood | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirkhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirkhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farm Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Farm Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Farm Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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