Total Crime Rate

170.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 170.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 25.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Westholme Crescent area has the highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Masham & Fountains , and the 152nd 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 Westholme Crescent (HG4 4EY) in the last 12 months was 170.9 per 1,000 residents and was 504.2% higher than the Masham & Fountains average (28.3 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 , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 2400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 111.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2500.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westholme Crescent (HG4 4EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Street (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Westholme Crescent area

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

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