The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has highlighted a continued reduction in crime across the Humberside force area.
For the 12 months leading up to December 2024, there was a recorded reduction of 7,210 crime reports compared to the previous year.
Deputy Chief Constable Dave Marshall said: ‘’The figures released today highlight the significant efforts our teams have made in making Hull, East Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire a safer place to live and work, as we continue with operations and activities to tackle all forms of crime, with a clear focus on victim based crime and making reductions in areas where people unnecessarily suffer.
“Victim-based crimes are incredibly intrusive and often having a huge impact on people and our communities, as they can often occur in public spaces.
“Violence against a person, both injury-related and non-injury, and homicide, has seen a significant decrease over the past year, with 1453 fewer reports than the previous year.
“In addition, we’ve have also seen decreases in public order offences, criminal damage, arson, bicycle theft and robbery with 4,687 overall fewer crimes than the previous 12 months.
‘’Sexual offences have also decreased, with the figures showing a 3.7% reduction in our force area, compared to an increase nationally, which is the same for burglary with a 3.3% decrease in our area, but a rise nationally.
“With the reductions, what this means as a member of the public living in our force area, is that you are 5.1% less likely to be a victim of these crime types, which I hope gives our communities reassurance we are working hard to keep them safe and protected.”
Other areas that have seen a reduction include stalking and harassment, with a 4.6% decrease and 49 Stalking Protection Orders issued this year, as well as antisocial behaviour that has also reduced by 1.3% .
Areas with increases include shoplifting, which whilst there have been 115 more offences reported which equates to a 1.3% increase, nationally, the rise of shoplifting offences is much higher at 20%.
Rises in other offences include possession of weapons and drugs offences, which reflects the proactive and concerted efforts through targeted activity and operations to identify and tackle those involved in these types of crimes.
