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Crime Rates in North Yorkshire, local authority district

Crime Rate

48.6

48.6

Low 1/10

* the lower the better

Last updated: 12.11.2025

Annual total crime rate in North Yorkshire, (local authority district) is 48.6 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 1 out of 10 or low crime level compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Crime rates in North Yorkshire (local authority district) by type

Violence and sexual offences 16.9 1/10
Anti-social behaviour 13 4/10
Criminal damage and arson 3.68 1/10
Shoplifting 3.56 2/10
Other theft 2.57 1/10
Public order 2.49 1/10
Burglary 1.72 1/10
Vehicle crime 1.41 1/10
Drugs 1.27 1/10
Other crime 0.942 1/10
Possession of weapons 0.387 1/10
Bicycle theft 0.305 2/10
Robbery 0.24 2/10
Theft from the person 0.0877 1/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2024 - Sept 2025

Above are annual crime rates in North Yorkshire (local authority district) by crime type.

The figures in black represent the number of crimes of a certain type per thousand resident population in North Yorkshire (local authority district).

The figures in grey indicate the relative ratings of North Yorkshire (local authority district) for a specific crime type compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

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Historical crime rates in North Yorkshire (local authority district) and Yorkshire and The Humber (region)

Number of annual crimes per 1000 resident population

  • North Yorkshire
    LAD
  • Yorkshire and The Humber
    region

Data source: data.police.uk

Crime rate ratings in North Yorkshire (local authority district)

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

Horizontal: area ratings based on annual total crime rate per 1000 resident population.

Vertical: number of areas


Data source: data.police.uk

Annual total crime rates of wards within North Yorkshire (local authority district)

Ward nameCrime Rate
1. Upper Dales16.6 low
2. Ouseburn18.4 low
3. Huby & Tollerton19.5 low
4. Helmsley & Sinnington20.1 low
5. Cawood & Escrick20.9 low
6. Hillside & Raskelf21.6 low
7. Romanby21.6 low
8. Wharfedale21.9 low
9. Brayton & Barlow21.9 low
10. Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale22.7 low
11. Wathvale & Bishop Monkton23.3 low
12. Aiskew & Leeming23.4 low
13. Masham & Fountains24.2 low
14. Bentham & Ingleton24.4 low
15. Sheriff Hutton & Derwent24.4 low
16. Leyburn & Middleham24.7 low
17. Oatlands & Pannal24.7 low
18. Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton24.8 low
19. Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale25.1 low
20. Scotton & Lower Wensleydale25.2 low
21. Harlow & St. Georges25.4 low
22. North Richmondshire25.7 low
23. Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske26.1 low
24. Washburn & Birstwith26.4 low
25. Cliffe & North Duffield26.7 low
26. Aire Valley27.1 low
27. Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley27.5 low
28. Thornton Dale & Wolds28.1 low
29. Esk Valley & Coast28.4 low
30. Thorpe Willoughby & Hambleton28.5 low
31. Mid Craven29.7 low
32. Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate29.8 low
33. Bedale29.9 low
34. Amotherby & Ampleforth30.8 low
35. Glusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven31 low
36. Scalby & the Coast31 low
37. Derwent Valley & Moor32.8 low
38. Camblesforth & Carlton33.2 low
39. Danby & Mulgrave34.5 low
40. Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith34.5 low
41. Barlby & Riccall34.6 low
42. Kirkbymoorside & Dales36.2 low
43. Great Ayton36.3 low
44. Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone36.4 low
45. Settle & Penyghent37.7 low
46. Easingwold38 low
47. Sowerby & Topcliffe38.6 low
48. Richmond38.7 low
49. Ripon Ure Bank & Spa38.8 low
50. Sherburn in Elmet40.3 low
51. Skipton East & South40.4 low
52. Seamer41.8 low
53. Hunmanby & Sherburn42.4 low
54. Monk Fryston & South Milford42.9 low
55. Tadcaster43 low
56. Newby43.3 low
57. Coppice Valley & Duchy43.4 low
58. Norton45.6 low
59. Bilton & Nidd Gorge46.3 low
60. Boroughbridge & Claro47 low
61. Osgoldcross47.5 low
62. Thirsk47.8 low
63. Bilton Grange & New Park48.8 low
64. Knaresborough East49.9 low
65. Filey50.3 low
66. Stokesley50.4 low
67. Knaresborough West50.6 low
68. Cayton51.7 low
69. Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby52.3 low
70. Whitby West53 low
71. Ripon Minster & Moorside53.2 low
72. Malton54.1 low
73. Hipswell & Colburn55.8 low
74. Pickering57.5 low
75. Skipton West & West Craven61.6 low
76. Fairfax & Starbeck66.1 low
77. High Harrogate & Kingsley67.6 low
78. Selby West68.9 low
79. Northallerton North & Brompton74.9 low
80. Woodlands81.6 low
81. Falsgrave & Stepney85.5 low
82. Weaponness & Ramshill92.5 low
83. Northstead92.7 low
84. Eastfield95.7 low
85. Northallerton South104 low
86. Whitby Streonshalh113 low
87. Selby East118 medium
88. Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate125 medium
89. Castle350 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2024 - Sept 2025

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