Total Crime Rate
7.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hookstone Close area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 96th lowest 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 Hookstone Close (HG2 7HL) in the last 12 months was 7.0 per 1,000 residents and was 93.4% lower than the Fairfax & Starbeck average (105.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hookstone Close (HG2 7HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hookstone Grange Court, where police recorded 29 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 | Public order | Woodlands Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleanor Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudbeck Close | Under investigation |
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