Total Crime Rate

157.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 157.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 61.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Knaresborough Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knaresborough Road (HG2 7LY) in the last 12 months was 157.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% higher than the Fairfax & Starbeck average (105.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knaresborough Road (HG2 7LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leyland Road, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairfax Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Knaresborough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Stanhope Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairfax Avenue —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kennion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Kennion Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kennion Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hargrove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Stanhope Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kennion Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kennion Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rydal Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leyland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas Walk —
Apr 2026Other theft Leyland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Andrew'S Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Leyland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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