Total Crime Rate

206.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 206.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 72.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.3 9/10
  • Public order 16.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bower Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Harlow & St. Georges , and the 114th highest crime rate of 2,067 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 Bower Street (HG1 5BQ) in the last 12 months was 206.7 per 1,000 residents and was 493.0% higher than the Harlow & St. Georges average (34.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bower Street (HG1 5BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 140 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bower Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/67)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chippendale Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Burglary Strawberry Dale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strawberry Dale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cambridge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cambridge Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Cambridge Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petergate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nydd Vale Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petergate Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Commercial Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Commercial Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Commercial Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petergate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petergate Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petergate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
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Data Sources

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