Total Crime Rate

184.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 184.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 133.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.5 8/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Park area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Harlow & St. Georges , and the 139th highest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around West Park (HG1 1BL) in the last 12 months was 184.6 per 1,000 residents and was 437.3% higher than the Harlow & St. Georges average (34.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Park (HG1 1BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Crescent (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cambridge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Oxford Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxford Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxford Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back York Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back York Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Crescent Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cambridge Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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