Total Crime Rate
1093.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Finkle Street area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Selby East , and the 6th 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 Finkle Street (YO8 4DS) in the last 12 months was 1093.2 per 1,000 residents and was 521.0% higher than the Selby East average (176.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 131 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 147 (β 415.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Finkle Street (YO8 4DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Finkle Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Selby East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner'S Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Walk | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turner'S Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Turner'S Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Massey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Massey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St James Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Audus Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Audus Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Finkle Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alma Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Micklegate | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Lane | Under investigation |
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