Total Crime Rate

82.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.5 8/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Drugs 11.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wedderburn Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 445th highest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wedderburn Road (HG2 7QG) in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wedderburn Road (HG2 7QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cawthorn Avenue (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wedderburn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodlands Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wedderburn Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wedderburn Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wedderburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyson Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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