Total Crime Rate

156.6 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 156.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.9 10/10
  • Other crime 16.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Forest Lane Head area has the 4th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Fairfax & Starbeck , and the 171st 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 Forest Lane Head (HG2 7TF) in the last 12 months was 156.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.4% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 90.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Lane Head (HG2 7TF), the main crime hotspot is near Highbank Grove. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Lane Head area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forest Grange Close —
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Data Sources

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