Total Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hirstead Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Newby , and the 831st highest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hirstead Road (YO12 6TW) in the last 12 months was 49.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% lower than the Newby average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hirstead Road (YO12 6TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fieldstead Crescent (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fieldstead Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenstead Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldstead Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hirstead Road | — |
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