Total Crime Rate

122.6 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 122.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Elmwood Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Bilton & Nidd Gorge , and the 249th highest crime rate of 2,071 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 Elmwood Street (HG1 5EU) in the last 12 months was 122.6 per 1,000 residents and was 114.5% higher than the Bilton & Nidd Gorge average (57.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmwood Street (HG1 5EU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Elmwood Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chatsworth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road
Sep 2025Public order Back Dragon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elmwood Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skipton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elmwood Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franklin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dragon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dragon Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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