Total Crime Rate

110.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 110.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Old Penny Gate area has the 10th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Boroughbridge & Claro , and the 293rd 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 Old Penny Gate (HG5 0WA) in the last 12 months was 110.3 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% higher than the Boroughbridge & Claro average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 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 17 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 240.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Penny Gate (HG5 0WA), the main crime hotspot is near Park Lane. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Old Penny Gate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halfpenny Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halfpenny Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hambleton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halfpenny Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Halfpenny Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Halfpenny Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Park Road —
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Data Sources

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