Total Crime Rate
262.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ash Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Selby East , and the 76th 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 Ash Way (YO8 8RX) in the last 12 months was 262.0 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ash Way (YO8 8RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hawthorn Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fir Tree Close (4 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 | Bicycle theft | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbots Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Germaine Close | — |
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