Total Crime Rate
79.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Saxon Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Ripon Minster & Moorside , and the 475th highest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Saxon Road (HG4 1LP) in the last 12 months was 79.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Saxon Road (HG4 1LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lickley Street, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Avenue (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ripon Minster & Moorside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonebridgegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bondgate Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bondgate Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Firs Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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