Total Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Harlow & St. Georges , and the 718th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Avenue (HG1 5PX) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.4% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Avenue (HG1 5PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marlborough Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hyde Park Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North Park Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A6040 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A6040 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | South Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hyde Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chippendale Place | Under investigation |
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