Crime Statistics for Chapel Fields, Knapton, York, 2024

There were a total of 175 street level crime incidents in Chapel Fields in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime Category	Incidents
Anti Social Behaviour	46
Violent Crime	40
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Shoplifting	19
Burglary	11
Public Order	8
Bicycle Theft	8
Other Theft	6
Vehicle Crime	4
Drugs	4
Other Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	175

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Chapel Fields. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Chapel Fields

We've taken the ten nearest places to Chapel Fields and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Chapel Fields has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
York (1.86 miles)	498
North Yorkshire|Holgate (1.24 miles)	320
Acomb (0.88 miles)	235
Chapel Fields	175
South Bank (1.96 miles)	162
Knapton (0.62 miles)	117
Dringhouses (1.75 miles)	111
Knavesmire (1.75 miles)	111
Nether Poppleton (1.86 miles)	19
Askham Bryan (1.96 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Chapel Fields?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Chapel Fields and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
York	156
North Yorkshire|Holgate	86
South Bank	60
Acomb	54
Chapel Fields	40
Knapton	32
Dringhouses	29
Knavesmire	29
Nether Poppleton	9
Askham Bryan	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Chapel Fields?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Chapel Fields to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Chapel Fields compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chapel Fields and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chapel Fields is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Westfield	60
2	Guildhall	46
3	Clifton	42
4	Micklegate	39
5	Holgate	33
6	Acomb	29
7	Dringhouses & Woodthorpe	20
8	Rawcliffe & Clifton Without	18
9	Fishergate	14
10	Rural West York	9
11	Copmanthorpe	4

Which road in Chapel Fields has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chapel Fields with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Danebury Drive.