Total Crime Rate
90.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wetherby Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 374th 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 Wetherby Road (HG2 7AE) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% lower than the Fairfax & Starbeck average (105.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wetherby Road (HG2 7AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near On or near, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rudbeck Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudbeck Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleanor Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Awaiting court outcome | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudbeck Close | Under investigation |
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