Total Crime Rate
155.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holly Court area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Knaresborough East , and the 174th 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 Holly Court (HG5 0DE) in the last 12 months was 155.9 per 1,000 residents and was 163.7% higher than the Knaresborough East average (59.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holly Court (HG5 0DE), the main crime hotspot is near Nora Avenue. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Knaresborough East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | York Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nora Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nora Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nora Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hambleton Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halfpenny Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halfpenny Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Court | Under investigation |
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