Total Crime Rate

114.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.4 9/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 279th 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 The Avenue (HG1 4QG) in the last 12 months was 114.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% higher than the Fairfax & Starbeck average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (HG1 4QG), the main crime hotspot is near Rowan Close. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Starbeck Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Diamond Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Olive Grove —
Sep 2025Public order Beckside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckside Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Starbeck —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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