Crime Rates at Union Street, Harrogate, HG1 1BS

Union Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Coppice Valley & Duchy , and the 38th highest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Union Street (HG1 1BS) in the last 12 months was 459.1 per 1,000 residents and was 753.0% higher than the Coppice Valley & Duchy average (53.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 78 (≈ 228.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Street (HG1 1BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxford Place, where police recorded 75 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.