Crime Rates at High Street, Harrogate, HG2 7JD

High Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 244th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (HG2 7JD) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 72.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (HG2 7JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spa Terrace, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spa Lane (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.