Scarborough Town — Neighbourhood Policing Team
Local policing team in the North Yorkshire Police area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.
Contact the team
In an emergency always call 999. For non-emergencies call 101 or use North Yorkshire Police's online reporting.
Recorded crime — June 2026
471 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.
Compared with May 2026 (392): ▲ 79 (20%) higher. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.
- Anti-social behaviour169 · 36%
- Violence and sexual offences137 · 29%
- Shoplifting66 · 14%
- Public order33 · 7%
- Criminal damage and arson20 · 4%
- Drugs15 · 3%
- Other theft13 · 3%
- Possession of weapons4 · 1%
Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.
What happened to reported crimes — June 2026
273 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.
- Unable to prosecute suspect112 · 41%
- Awaiting court outcome81 · 30%
- Investigation complete; no suspect identified59 · 22%
- Local resolution8 · 3%
- Further action is not in the public interest5 · 2%
- Offender given a caution3 · 1%
Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.
Current priorities
We are aware that there are vulnerable members of our community who do not feel safe to contact police to report issues in their neighbourhoods. Sometimes the concept of calling 101/999 is daunting and using the online reporting system is not an option.
We have recognised the need for more face-to-face community engagements within our neighbourhoods therefore we have increased our Community Connection events. We will be advertising them via our website, Facebook and Community Messenger. We will work with more venues, and going forward, they will also advertise our events to make it easier for those who don't have social media or computer access
Set: 2026-06-02
Each month, we send out a survey to our residents via Community Messenger to consult and identify the main concerns in Scarborough. We then add the results to our patrol strategies. To combat anti-social behaviour, we create hotspot locations, where we increase our patrols. The data from our surveys, reports to Police and from our partners forms part of the hotspot locations.
Our Residents Voice survey feedback told us that our residents were concerned about street drinking and youth related anti-social behaviour. In May, we added an extra 10 hours and 41 minutes of dedicated patrol to Longwestgate in the Old Town. We added more than 4 hours extra patrol to the nighttime economy in the Town Centre. An extra 15 hours and 26 minutes of patrol time was focused on Huntriss Row.
Set: 2026-06-02
Nearby teams in North Yorkshire Police
All North Yorkshire Police neighbourhood teams →Source: data.police.uk API · Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0 · Fetched 2026-07-13. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with North Yorkshire Police.