Total Crime Rate
518.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sycamore Drive area has the highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 33rd 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 Sycamore Drive (HG2 7PT) in the last 12 months was 518.5 per 1,000 residents and was 392.8% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 154.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sycamore Drive (HG2 7PT), 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.
View Crime In Fairfax & Starbeck| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spa Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prospect Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spa Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camwal Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spa Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spa Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camwal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spa Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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