Total Crime Rate
102.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gough Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Hipswell & Colburn , and the 323rd highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gough Road (DL9 3EL) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.6% higher than the Hipswell & Colburn average (63.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 33.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gough Road (DL9 3EL), the main crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hipswell & Colburn| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amiens Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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