Total Crime Rate

94.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.5 9/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 9.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • 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
  • Theft from the person 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

Sherwood Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 369th 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 Sherwood Drive (HG2 7HF) in the last 12 months was 94.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% lower than the Fairfax & Starbeck average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sherwood Drive (HG2 7HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dalby Avenue (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sherwood Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plompton Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plompton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plompton Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plompton Walk —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plompton Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dalby Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumpton Park —
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Data Sources

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