Total Crime Rate
49.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lilac Grove area has the 20th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bilton Grange & New Park , and the 795th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lilac Grove (HG1 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 49.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% lower than the Bilton Grange & New Park average (72.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lilac Grove (HG1 4EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poplar Grove (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bilton & Nidd Gorge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadowcroft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Road | — |
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