Total Crime Rate
336.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
165.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crescent Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Coppice Valley & Duchy , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crescent Road (HG1 2RT) in the last 12 months was 336.3 per 1,000 residents and was 512.6% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -24.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 165.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crescent Road (HG1 2RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parliament Street, where police recorded 65 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parliament Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parliament Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parliament Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cambridge Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parliament Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Royal Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Royal Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Ginnel | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Ginnel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Mary'S Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Esplanade | — |
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