Total Crime Rate
468.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spa Road area has the highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 37th highest crime rate of 2,071 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 Spa Road (HG2 7JG) in the last 12 months was 468.0 per 1,000 residents and was 313.7% higher 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 141.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spa Road (HG2 7JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spa Terrace, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spa Lane (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fairfax & Starbeck| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camwal Terrace | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spa Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Forest Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albert Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Belmont Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Belmont Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Starbeck | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Starbeck | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spa Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spa Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spa Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Road | Under investigation |
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