Total Crime Rate
281.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dragon Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Coppice Valley & Duchy , and the 65th 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 Dragon Road (HG1 5DF) in the last 12 months was 281.9 per 1,000 residents and was 413.4% higher than the Coppice Valley & Duchy average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 146.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dragon Road (HG1 5DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westmoreland Street (20 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Mowbray Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chippendale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nydd Vale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Elmwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dragon Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mowbray Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westmoreland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westmoreland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Elmwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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