Ripon vs Scarborough Town

Ripon has a safety score of 5/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,062 crimes in the last 12 months. Scarborough Town has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) with 4,375 crimes. Ripon scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Ripon shows a year-on-year crime trend of +9.8% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Scarborough Town shows +17.7% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Ripon, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (360 incidents). In Scarborough Town, it is Violent Crime (1,259 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Ripon recorded 297 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Scarborough Town recorded 1,259. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Ripon totalled 360 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,259 in Scarborough Town. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Ripon recorded 967 crimes (now 1,062, a change of +9.8%). Scarborough Town recorded 3,716 crimes previously (now 4,375, +17.7%).

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. Ripon has a resolution rate of 19.4% and Scarborough Town has 19.9%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Ripon falls within the North Yorkshire Police boundary. Scarborough Town 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 Ripon and Scarborough Town. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.