Total Crime Rate

239.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 239.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 73.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.8 6/10
  • Burglary 18.5 10/10
  • Other theft 18.5 9/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

York Road area has the highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Boroughbridge & Claro , and the 87th 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 York Road (HG5 0SW) in the last 12 months was 239.9 per 1,000 residents and was 275.6% higher than the Boroughbridge & Claro average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Road (HG5 0SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Garsdale Road (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in York Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A59 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime A59 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Garsdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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