Total Crime Rate

132.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.2 8/10
  • Drugs 15.8 9/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Knaresborough Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 220th 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 Knaresborough Road (HG2 7NN) in the last 12 months was 132.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% higher than the Fairfax & Starbeck average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knaresborough Road (HG2 7NN), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Knaresborough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Kennion Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kennion Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kennion Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Olive Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences 2Nd Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Century Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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