Total Crime Rate

34.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 34.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.2 2/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Dishforth Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Masham & Fountains , and the 905th lowest crime rate of 2,071 local areas in North Yorkshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dishforth Road (YO7 3QL) in the last 12 months was 34.0 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% higher than the Masham & Fountains average (28.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dishforth Road (YO7 3QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Cottages (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dishforth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orchard Cottages

Data Sources

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