Total Crime Rate
168.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leyland Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 148th 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 Leyland Road (HG1 4RT) in the last 12 months was 168.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.3% higher than the Fairfax & Starbeck average (105.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leyland Road (HG1 4RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leyland Road, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Andrew'S Crescent (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In High Harrogate & Kingsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leyland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leyland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leyland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rydal Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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