Crime Rate in High Harrogate & Kingsley, ward

High Harrogate & Kingsley has the 24th highest crime rate of 89 wards in North Yorkshire district and the 3624th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 149th lowest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in High Harrogate & Kingsley in the last 12 months was 66.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% lower than the North Yorkshire district average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, High Harrogate & Kingsley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 262 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -17.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 304 (≈ 28.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the High Harrogate & Kingsley ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.