Total Crime Rate
485.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
248.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parliament Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Coppice Valley & Duchy , and the 38th highest crime rate of 2,067 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 Parliament Street (HG1 2QU) in the last 12 months was 485.4 per 1,000 residents and was 784.1% higher than the Coppice Valley & Duchy average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 248.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parliament Street (HG1 2QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cambridge Place, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Crescent (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petergate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petergate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Royal Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cambridge Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Ginnel | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Ginnel | Under investigation |
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