Crime Statistics for York, North Yorkshire, 2024

Crime statistics for York, York

There were a total of 411 street level crime incidents in York in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in York, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime133
Anti Social Behaviour100
Shoplifting50
Criminal Damage Arson26
Public Order23
Bicycle Theft20
Other Theft20
Burglary17
Drugs8
Possession Of Weapons5
Vehicle Crime5
Other Crime2
Theft From The Person1
Robbery1
All Crime411

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 York

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Heworth (1.39 miles)655
Layerthorpe (1.24 miles)561
Foss (1.05 miles)558
York411
North Yorkshire|Holgate (0.62 miles)255
Acomb (1.39 miles)183
South Bank (0.62 miles)181
Walmgate Stray (1.39 miles)161
Knavesmire (1.39 miles)102
Nunthorpe (1.24 miles)48

14.11%
of Micklegate residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near York?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Heworth212
Layerthorpe161
Foss157
York133
North Yorkshire|Holgate106
Acomb77
South Bank66
Walmgate Stray48
Knavesmire34
Nunthorpe20

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

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 York 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 York compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to York and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. York is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Westfield60
2Guildhall46
3Clifton42
4Micklegate39
5Holgate33
6Heworth31
7Acomb29
8Hull Road20
9Dringhouses & Woodthorpe20
10Rawcliffe & Clifton Without18
11Fishergate14

Which road in York has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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