Crime Rate in Fairfax & Starbeck, ward

Fairfax & Starbeck has the 10th highest crime rate of 89 wards in North Yorkshire district and the 1322nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 123rd highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Fairfax & Starbeck in the last 12 months was 113.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.0% higher than the North Yorkshire district average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Fairfax & Starbeck’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 397 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 63.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -53.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 469 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Fairfax & Starbeck ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Spa Terrace, with 57 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Highbank Grove (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.