Total Crime Rate
843.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Prospect Crescent area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Harlow & St. Georges , and the 11th highest crime rate of 2,071 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 Prospect Crescent (HG1 1RN) in the last 12 months was 843.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2354.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -53.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 348.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prospect Crescent (HG1 1RN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Harlow & St. Georges| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strawberry Dale Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Northumberland Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Parade | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cambridge Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
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