Crime Rates at Old Market Place, Ripon, HG4 1EQ

Old Market Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Ripon Minster & Moorside , and the 36th highest crime rate of 2,071 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 Old Market Place (HG4 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 474.0 per 1,000 residents and was 538.8% higher than the Ripon Minster & Moorside average (74.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 173.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Market Place (HG4 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.