Total Crime Rate

143.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 143.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 51.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Prospect Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 199th highest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Prospect Road (HG2 7NX) in the last 12 months was 143.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% higher than the Fairfax & Starbeck average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 1300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prospect Road (HG2 7NX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Prospect Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hookstone Grange Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hookstone Grange Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumpton Park —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spa Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spa Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spa Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Spa Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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