Photo: CompleteAnonymity · CC BY-SA 4.0Violence recorded in Hunmanby is up 40% in a year, while towns its size held steady
The local count comes to 20.6 violent and sexual offences and 7.7 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people each year. Taking everything together, Hunmanby scores B (#15 of 54 in North Yorkshire): less crime per resident than 60% of UK towns, measured on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area between September 2023 and August 2026. Anti-social behaviour: police recorded 51 locally in the 12 months to August 2026, 17.6 per 1,000 residents against 8.8 in a typical town its size.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Hunmanby
About the middle for a town its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Hunmanby has the 406th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Underwood, Laleham and Kelvedon Hatch, higher than Dinnington, Steeple Claydon and Alvechurch. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 54% of Hunmanby’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Violent crime rose over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 40% more violent crime per resident in Hunmanby than in the year before; across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Hunmanby’s B
A fairly firm grade. Built on 245 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Hunmanby against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
How crime in Hunmanby has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +40% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles -12% (towns its size -1%), anti-social behaviour -9% (towns its size +0%).
Most Hunmanby residents live in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
54% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Hunmanby’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Hunmanby runs highest on anti-social behaviour (17.6 per 1,000 against 8.8).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 67 | 23.1 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 51 | 17.6 | 8.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 9 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 9 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 7 | 2.4 | 2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 6 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| Other crime | not graded | 2 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Hunmanby per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 8 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Of 856 towns its size, Hunmanby is 406th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 3 | Dunnington North Yorkshire | 3,256 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 14 | Upper Poppleton North Yorkshire | 3,520 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 6.6 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 16 | Copmanthorpe North Yorkshire | 3,671 | 8.4 | 3 | 4.9 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | Pannal North Yorkshire | 2,530 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 403 | Dinnington Tyne and Wear | 2,366 | 20.1 | 8.1 | 2.5 | B |
| 404 | Steeple Claydon Buckinghamshire | 2,530 | 21.3 | 6.9 | 5.1 | B |
| 405 | Alvechurch Worcestershire | 3,412 | 17.3 | 11 | 4.3 | B |
| 406 | Hunmanby North Yorkshire | 2,900 | 20.6 | 7.7 | 2.3 | B |
| 407 | Jacksdale and Westwood Nottinghamshire | 2,758 | 19.7 | 8.6 | 3.3 | B |
| 408 | Tangmere West Sussex | 4,000 | 20.2 | 8.2 | 9 | B |
| 409 | Wateringbury Kent | 2,248 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 4.3 | B |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Hunmanby, and others in North Yorkshire.
No one died in a collision on Hunmanby’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 2 collisions with injuries inside Hunmanby in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Hunmanby is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Hunmanby’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Hunmanby had 0.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Hunmanby’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Hunmanby
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunmanby | 2,900 | 20.6 | 7.7 | B |
| Filey | 6,664 | 25.9 | 7.5 | B− |
| Bempton | 1,023 | 11.4 | 1.3 | A+ |
| Seamer (Scarborough) | 2,120 | 14.8 | 3.8 | A |
| Scarborough | 59,505 | 58.8 | 17.2 | D |
| Bridlington | 34,831 | 56.4 | 17.3 | D |
| East Ayton and West Ayton | 2,809 | 17.8 | 4.3 | A− |
| Flamborough | 1,865 | 17 | 6.3 | A− |
Hunmanby records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Bempton, 6.4 miles away, records 11.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Hunmanby’s 20.6.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Hunmanby sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Hunmanby
Is Hunmanby safe?
Police recorded 20.6 violent and sexual offences and 7.7 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Hunmanby’s built-up area). That earns a B for safety: less crime per resident than 60% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Hunmanby is 406th from the least crime. 54% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Hunmanby?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime rose 40%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 12%, shoplifting and theft fell 13% and anti-social behaviour fell 9%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Hunmanby?
Violence & sexual offences: 67 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (9) and public order (9), with 51 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Hunmanby compare with Scarborough?
Scarborough records 58.8 violent and sexual offences and 17.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Hunmanby’s 20.6 and 7.7, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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