Scarborough Town vs Rural West

Scarborough Town has a safety score of 2/100 (High Crime) and recorded 5,156 crimes in the last 12 months. Rural West has a safety score of 71/100 (Safe) with 217 crimes. Rural West scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Scarborough Town shows a year-on-year crime trend of +33.6% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Rural West shows -44.1% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Scarborough Town, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (1,608 incidents). In Rural West, it is Violent Crime (60 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Scarborough Town recorded 1,430 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Rural West recorded 54. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Scarborough Town totalled 1,608 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 60 in Rural West. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Scarborough Town recorded 3,858 crimes (now 5,156, a change of +33.6%). Rural West recorded 388 crimes previously (now 217, -44.1%).

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. Scarborough Town has a resolution rate of 16.7% and Rural West has 0%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

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