Crime in South Cave
Recorded crime in South Cave is 0.6 times the East Riding of Yorkshire average and 0.4 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has risen 39%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of South Cave: about 3,533 residents in 4 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 9/10Very low crime
- Living
- 3.9/10Weak
- 5-year change
- +39%more crimes
- vs the council
- 0.6×the East Riding of Yorkshire average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of South Cave.
Crime over 5 years
Up 39% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of South Cave, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 0.6× the East Riding of Yorkshire average (0.4× the England and Wales average). 32 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 64% of the harm here
- Burglary: 19% of the harm here
- Other crime: 5% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 64% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 3.2 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in East Riding of Yorkshire (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole East Riding of Yorkshire council area, not only South Cave. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
Humberside Police did not assign 12.4% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 to a council area, so these figures are lower than the true count.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 241 | 0.68 | Down 9% |
| Cars broken into | 292 | 0.82 | Up 10% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 1,116 | 3.1 | Down 2% |
| Burglary of homes | 444 | 1.2 | Down 19% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in HU15
In HU15, the postcode district at the centre of South Cave, 7% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 471 | 8% | 18% | 58% | 8% | 7% |
| Public order | 111 | 12% | 14% | 50% | 14% | 9% |
| Other theft | 105 | 2% | 4% | 17% | 71% | 6% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 99 | 1% | 29% | 21% | 45% | 3% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 7% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
East Riding of Yorkshire, 2023 to 2025: 590 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 159 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 37 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 27% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.1 |
| Burglary | 2.7 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 14.1 |
| Drugs | 0.6 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.0 |
| Other crime | 2.7 |
| Other theft | 2.9 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 1.8 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 3.0 |
| Public order | 2.9 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.1 |
| Shoplifting | 1.3 |
Postcode districts in South Cave
Nearby towns
Council: East Riding of Yorkshire
Questions about crime in South Cave
- Is South Cave a safe place to live?
- South Cave scores 9 out of 10 for safety (very low crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 0.6 times the East Riding of Yorkshire average.
- Is crime going up or down in South Cave?
- Up 39% over 5 years, from 92 recorded crimes a year to 127.
- What is the most common crime in South Cave?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 14 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in South Cave compare with East Riding of Yorkshire?
- Crime severity in South Cave is 0.6 times the East Riding of Yorkshire average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in South Cave?
- In HU15, the postcode district at the centre of South Cave, 7% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 27% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many cars are stolen in South Cave?
- In East Riding of Yorkshire, the council area South Cave is in, the police recorded 241 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 0.7 per 1,000 residents, down 9% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in South Cave?
- 1,116 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in East Riding of Yorkshire, the council area South Cave is in, 3.1 per 1,000 residents, 0.6 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in South Cave last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in East Riding of Yorkshire, the council area South Cave is in, against 2 the year before.