Total Crime Rate
209.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harley Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Falsgrave & Stepney , and the 108th highest crime rate of 2,067 local areas in North Yorkshire .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harley Close (YO12 5QE) in the last 12 months was 209.0 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% higher than the Falsgrave & Stepney average (123.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 118.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harley Close (YO12 5QE), the main crime hotspot is near Cambridge Place. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Falsgrave & Stepney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Caledonia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Acworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Acworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St John'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grange Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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