Total Crime Rate

107.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 107.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 44.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.4 6/10
  • Other theft 25.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Prospect Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 299th 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 Prospect Road (HG2 7PB) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.9% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

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Crime Over Time in Prospect Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Kingsley Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Avenue Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spa Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spa Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camwal Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spa Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belmont Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prospect Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Prospect Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belmont Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spa Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spa Lane —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson The Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camwal Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wedderburn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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