Scarborough Town vs Settle

Scarborough Town has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) and recorded 4,375 crimes in the last 12 months. Settle has a safety score of 58/100 (Average) with 314 crimes. Settle scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Scarborough Town shows a year-on-year crime trend of +17.7% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Settle shows +7.2% (rising). 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 (1,259 incidents). In Settle, it is Violent Crime (109 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Scarborough Town recorded 1,259 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Settle recorded 85. 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 1,259 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 109 in Settle. 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 3,716 crimes (now 4,375, a change of +17.7%). Settle recorded 293 crimes previously (now 314, +7.2%).

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 19.9% and Settle has 22.7%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

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