Total Crime Rate
34.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Ripon Minster & Moorside , and the 952nd lowest crime rate of 2,067 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 Wellington Street (HG4 1PH) in the last 12 months was 34.2 per 1,000 residents and was 54.0% lower than the Ripon Minster & Moorside average (74.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Street (HG4 1PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Street, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firby Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mawson Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Market Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ambrose Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brewery Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finkle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkgate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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