Total Crime Rate
114.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ellen Grove 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 Ellen Grove (HG1 4RH) 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 Ellen Grove (HG1 4RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowan Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fairfax & Starbeck| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Olive Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckside Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beckside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Diamond Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | 2Nd Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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