Total Crime Rate

118.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 13.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lowther Drive area has the 16th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Selby East , and the 259th highest crime rate of 2,071 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 Lowther Drive (YO8 8DP) in the last 12 months was 118.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% lower than the Selby East average (176.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 78.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowther Drive (YO8 8DP), the main crime hotspot is near Volta Street. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lowther Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abbots Mews —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barwic Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbot'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences D'Arcy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkin Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bawtry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barwic Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Barwic Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Barwic Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barwic Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Volta Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Volta Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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