Ryedale
Community Safety Annual report
2025/26 Financial Year
2025-26 Financial year – Crime Statistics
Total crimes for last two financial years
See Appendix 1 for full data set.
|
Year |
2024/25 |
2025/26 |
Crimes |
% |
|
Arson & Criminal Damage |
337 |
334 |
-3 |
-1% |
|
Burglary |
113 |
124 |
+11 |
+9% |
|
Drug Offences |
70 |
70 |
0 |
0% |
|
Fraud |
132 |
65 |
-67 |
-51% |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
98 |
55 |
-43 |
-44% |
|
Possession Of Weapons |
22 |
25 |
+3 |
+13% |
|
Public Order Offences |
164 |
198 |
+34 |
+21% |
|
Robbery(new offence created) |
4 |
5 |
+1 |
+25% |
|
Sexual Offences |
153 |
157 |
+4 |
+3% |
|
Theft |
444 |
390 |
-54 |
-12% |
|
Vehicle Offences |
101 |
72 |
-29 |
-29% |
|
Violence Against The Person |
1094 |
1128 |
+34 |
+3% |
|
Total |
2732 |
2623 |
-109 |
-4% |
Total crimes per ward for last two financial years
See Appendix 2 for full data set.
|
|
2024/25 |
2025/26 |
Crimes |
% |
|
Amotherby |
78 |
87 |
+9 |
+12% |
|
Ampleforth |
37 |
35 |
-2 |
-5% |
|
Cropton |
38 |
35 |
-3 |
-8% |
|
Dales |
30 |
29 |
-1 |
-3% |
|
Derwent |
99 |
90 |
-9 |
-9% |
|
Filey |
335 |
297 |
-38 |
-11% |
|
Helmsley |
123 |
116 |
-7 |
-6% |
|
Hertford |
296 |
241 |
-55 |
-19% |
|
Hovingham |
37 |
29 |
-8 |
-22% |
|
Kirkbymoorside |
171 |
150 |
-21 |
-12% |
|
Malton |
323 |
343 |
+20 |
+6% |
|
Norton East |
174 |
173 |
-1 |
-1% |
|
Norton West |
267 |
181 |
-86 |
-32% |
|
Pickering East |
183 |
263 |
+80 |
+44% |
|
Pickering West |
172 |
188 |
+16 |
+9% |
|
Rillington |
45 |
47 |
+2 |
+4% |
|
Ryedale South West |
57 |
40 |
-17 |
-30% |
|
Sherburn |
57 |
67 |
+10 |
+18% |
|
Sheriff Hutton |
36 |
40 |
+4 |
+11% |
|
Sinnington |
35 |
31 |
-4 |
-11% |
|
Thornton Dale |
72 |
74 |
+2 |
+3% |
|
Wolds |
67 |
67 |
0 |
0% |
|
Grand Total |
2732 |
2623 |
-109 |
-4% |
Anti-Social Behaviour
Reported ASB has decreased very slightly when compared to the 609 reports received in 2024/25. There were 4 fewer reports of ASB Nuisance and ASB Environmental this year.
This year had 544 individual reporting people for ASB who reported 605 incidents.
The 605 ASB reports from 2025/26 are broken down into the following wards and times.
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ASB reports per ward
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Public Protection Notices
A critical area of Policing is protecting vulnerable people. If Police attend an incident and identify a vulnerable adult or child who requires assistance or intervention, we submit a Public Protection Notice (PPN). This is screened by our Vulnerability Assessment Team before being disseminated to relevant agencies and a course of action decided upon. This process runs alongside any immediate action such as arrests or removing children who are at risk of immediate significant harm.
During the last financial year in the Ryedale, Filey & Hertford area, Officers submitted 2089 PPNs (average of 6 a day). Of these, 365 were assessed as being high risk which invariably results in some form of immediate intervention/assistance by Police or other agency.
Ryedale and Filey Officers dealt with 123 missing people. 56 of these were assessed as high risk which requires immediate actions and resources dedicated to locating and safeguarding those people. 32 of the high-risk reports related to children. The preservation of life is one of the core functions of the police and the search for high-risk missing people can often be very resource intensive for protracted periods.
Domestic Abuse
Coast Command Officers dealt with 1897 domestic abuse crime and 1194 domestic incidents during 2025/26. Officers take positive action whenever possible when attending reports of domestic abuse. When this is not suitable in the circumstances presented them, they will safeguard victims in the most appropriate manner available to them at the time. In the Coast Command as a whole, Officers made an arrest in 39% of the reported crimes.
We are increasingly using Domestic Violence Protection Notices (DVPN) and Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPO) to protect victims from domestic abuse. During the last financial year, North Yorkshire Police issued 223 DVPNs. 200 of these were upgraded to DVPOs when heard at court. On Coast command, we issued 85 Domestic Violence Protection Notices. 76 of these were granted at court so then became a Domestic Violence Protection Order, the other 9 were either withdrawn, refused or dismissed at court.
From the 76 DVPOs in Coast command, there were 20 arrests and successful prosecutions by NYP for breaching the order. 11 of these resulted in a fine, 9 of them resulted in a custodial sentence.
Arrests
2667 arrests were made on our command during the last 12 months, an average of just over 7 per day. 362 voluntary attendance interviews were carried out in the same time period.
Travelling criminals
There have been notable arrests involving criminals travelling down from Cleveland to steal from farms and isolated rural locations in the Whitby and Ryedale north rural area. Specialist resources are deployed from across the county to the Whitby and moors area on a regular basis, this has resulted in two recent pursuits, one of which ended in Middlesbrough with one suspect arrested after a vehicle stung by traffic police. Detectives from NYP have bi-weekly meetings with our counterparts from Cleveland to share information and intelligence relating to these offences.
These crimes are the focus of specific operations, and we work closely with Cleveland on live time jobs, sharing developing information on a second-by-second basis using our dispatch systems.
In the coast command, we hold a bi-weekly inter-departmental meeting chaired by the DCI to assess all recent burglaries and robberies to look for patterns and assure ourselves that detection opportunities are being maximised.
Coast Command Response Times
The data shows strong and resilient response performance across Coast Command, particularly for immediate incidents, while also highlighting the impact of sustained demand on priority response times.
For Immediate Urban incidents, 90.85% of calls were attended within the expected timeframe (3,169 out of 3,488). These incidents are expected to be attended within 15 minutes from the point the call is taken by the force control room, and this level of performance demonstrates a consistently rapid response in higher‑demand urban areas.
For Immediate Rural incidents, 82.67% were attended within expected timescales (1,312 out of 1,587). These incidents have a 20‑minute attendance expectation, and performance remains strong when considering the additional challenges of distance, travel time, and geographic spread across rural communities.
For Priority incidents, 73.86% were attended within the expected timeframe (6,251 out of 8,463). These incidents have a one‑hour attendance expectation, but performance in this category is more sensitive to demand. Priority calls represent the largest volume of incidents by a significant margin, and as demand increases, these are the incidents most likely to be affected during busy periods as resources are redirected to deal with immediate risk.
It is also important to recognise that these attendance times include not just travel, but the time taken by the Force Control Room to receive, assess, and grade each call before deployment, meaning the figures reflect the full end‑to‑end response process.
Overall, the figures demonstrate that urgent incidents are being responded to quickly and consistently across both urban and rural areas, while the sheer scale of demand within priority calls places the greatest pressure on the system, particularly at peak times.
It should be noted that these are not the only incidents we deal with. We also have a range of additional different grades of incidents which front line officers attend, P12, Other, Scheduled appointments, Vulnerable, and NPT.
NPT Activity during the last 12 months
Crime Patterns / Incidents of note
ASB, crime and disorder. Northern Ryedale
The Police team in the north of Ryedale continue to engage with parties involved in Anti-Social crime and disorder in the towns and villages along the A170 corridor. The increase in offences had warranted the creation of a Problem-Solving Plan through which a number of criminal and civil orders against a few named young persons are being sought. Many diversionary opportunities are no longer available, and the priority continues to be towards protecting the community of northern Ryedale.
Operation Monsoon
Operation Monsoon is an initiative to prevent and detect acquisitive rural crime affecting Whitby, Hambleton and Ryedale rural areas. There has been a notable spike in thefts of Quadbikes, vehicles and agricultural equipment from farms and villages.
A number of suspects have been arrested in relation to these offences, premises searched and some property recovered. A suite of Police prevention, detection and pursuit options and tactics have been utilised, and this is part of a bigger picture of organised crime and disorder affecting North Yorkshire, Durham and Cleveland Police areas.
Community Engagement and initiatives
Police Cadets and mini-Police cohorts
Ryedale NPT have continued to run a Police Cadets throughout 2025-26 with a third cohort of Cadets sworn in this year. The Candidates have been drawn from the towns and villages across Ryedale. The Cadet leads have built on previous years’ experience in providing training and education for the Cadets with guest speakers, visits to the National Museum of Policing and participation in physical activity.
Of particular importance has been their work in house-to-house crime prevention and detection, volunteering at Country shows, staffing crime prevention exhibits at Markets and festivals and participating in events- raising money for charity.
The Ryedale Cadets were nominated for the Lord Ferrer’s award for volunteering in Policing and were runners-up nationally for this prestigious award.
In 2026 the Cadets are engaged in the ‘missing pieces’ project with Historic England documenting and recording data on scheduled monuments and listed buildings. They will continue with the second branch of the work in promoting Heritage Watch around our communities.
Ryedale Mini-Police initiatives have continued with new cohorts created across most of our primary schools in Ryedale. Currently the demand for mini-police engagement outstrips our ability to resource and the events are very popular. The education input matches lessons in good citizenship to awareness of law and order and the engagement will continue to the end of the school year.
Co-op, library and free fridge drop ins.
The Ryedale NPT have continued our programme of regular planned community engagement at set locations across Ryedale with stalls and tabletop events at selected supermarkets, libraries and free-fridge sites. Crime prevention advice and updates on policing initiatives are matched with the opportunity to meet and converse with the officer for that police area. These pre-planned events are advertised via the national Police UK website.
Op Present (Filey Neighbourhood Policing
Initiative)
Operation Present is a Neighbourhood Policing-led initiative
delivered in Filey over the past two years, aimed at supporting
identified vulnerable members of the community during the Christmas
period.
The initiative seeks to reduce social isolation, enhance community
reassurance, and provide practical support to vulnerable
individuals who may otherwise have limited contact or support over
the festive season.
Local Neighbourhood Policing Teams identify vulnerable residents through partnership working (including safeguarding, health, and local agencies).
Officers and Police Community Support Officers conduct welfare visits in the lead-up to Christmas.
During these visits, Christmas hampers are delivered, providing essential items and seasonal goods.
Engagement focuses on safeguarding, reassurance, and signposting to further support services where needed.
Planned Activity (Next 12 Months)
Community Engagement / Events of note.
Operation Heirloom
Operation Heirloom is a crime prevention and detection initiative being conducted in collaboration between North Yorkshire Police and Historic England. Heritage sites (including scheduled monuments) across Ryedale and Whitby are being assessed according to threat and risk from criminality and neighbouring private dwellings and businesses are visited and encouraged to join ‘Heritage Watch’. The intention is to raise awareness and effectively create a cocoon around each site to aid in the reporting of ASB and crime.
Operation Wilderness
Operation Wilderness is intended to address vehicle borne anti-social behaviour in our rural areas tackling specifically off-road driving and motorcycling and the associated damage to tracks and bridleways. This has been an issue for some time around the Eastfield rural areas, but we have seen a recent increase around Commondale, Blakey, Fadmoor and Bransdale. Officers will be working with estate representatives, gamekeepers and residents in identifying offenders, engagement and enforcement.
Operation Bungalow (Eastfield & Filey
Neighbourhood Policing Initiative)
Operation Bungalow is a Neighbourhood Policing-led initiative
focused on tackling the misuse of off-road bikes, e-bikes, and
scooters in urban areas across Eastfield and Filey. The operation
addresses anti-social behaviour (ASB), road safety concerns, and
criminality linked to the unlawful use of these vehicles. The
operation aims to reduce anti-social behaviour and disorder
associated with off-road and electrically powered bikes,
Improve public safety and confidence in affected communities,
educate riders and parents on legal responsibilities and
risks. Enforcement action taken against persistent
offenders
How to contact us
North Yorkshire Police are embracing modern methods of communication and reporting of crime. There is now an extensive “Contact us” page which provides a multitude of methods to contact us. The below QR code or this link Contact us | North Yorkshire Police will take you straight to this page:
There is also now a live chat function. This is a small round blue icon on the bottom right-hand side of the NYP website. This can often be a quick way to report incidents or seek advice.
Live Chat is on NYP Website
Appendix 1
Recorded crimes for last two financial years.
2024/25 financial year
2025/26 financial year
Appendix 2
Recorded crimes in each ward for last two financial years.
Crimes in each ward for 2024/25 financial year
Crimes in each ward for 2025/26 financial year
