Total Crime Rate

459.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 459.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 201.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 149.1 10/10
  • Other theft 29.2 10/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.5 9/10
  • Drugs 14.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 5.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

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 1BW) 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 1BW), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Union Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Parade Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petergate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petergate —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ebenezer Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crescent Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ebenezer Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cambridge Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Crescent Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Springfield Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Princes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parliament Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Springfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ebenezer Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cambridge Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Swan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Royal Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Royal Parade —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springfield Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parliament Street —

Data Sources

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