Knaresborough Town vs Scarborough South

Knaresborough Town has a safety score of 2/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,122 crimes in the last 12 months. Scarborough South has a safety score of 2/100 (High Crime) with 2,162 crimes. Both areas score equally on the safety index.

Knaresborough Town shows a year-on-year crime trend of +19.2% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Scarborough South shows +21.7% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Knaresborough Town, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (396 incidents). In Scarborough South, it is Violent Crime (736 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Knaresborough Town recorded 303 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Scarborough South recorded 617. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Knaresborough Town totalled 396 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 736 in Scarborough South. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Knaresborough Town recorded 941 crimes (now 1,122, a change of +19.2%). Scarborough South recorded 1,776 crimes previously (now 2,162, +21.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Knaresborough Town has a resolution rate of 10.1% and Scarborough South has 12.9%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Knaresborough Town falls within the North Yorkshire Police boundary. Scarborough South is covered by North Yorkshire Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Knaresborough Town and Scarborough South. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.