Crime Statistics for Chapel Fields, Knapton, York, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Chapel Fields in September 2024. There were a total of 118 incidents. 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 Chapel Fields, 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 Crime36
Anti Social Behaviour28
Criminal Damage Arson13
Shoplifting11
Public Order8
Burglary5
Vehicle Crime5
Other Theft4
Drugs2
Bicycle Theft2
Other Crime2
Possession Of Weapons1
Robbery1
All Crime118

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
York (1.86 miles)562
North Yorkshire|Holgate (1.24 miles)468
Acomb (0.88 miles)233
Dringhouses (1.75 miles)174
South Bank (1.96 miles)162
Chapel Fields118
Knapton (0.62 miles)92
Knavesmire (1.75 miles)92
Nether Poppleton (1.86 miles)32
Askham Bryan (1.96 miles)9

6.26%
of Acomb residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
North Yorkshire|Holgate295
York161
Acomb90
Dringhouses72
Knapton43
South Bank42
Chapel Fields36
Knavesmire23
Nether Poppleton6
Askham Bryan2

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.

#WardScore
1Westfield60
2Guildhall46
3Clifton42
4Micklegate39
5Holgate33
6Acomb29
7Dringhouses & Woodthorpe20
8Rawcliffe & Clifton Without18
9Fishergate14
10Rural West York9
11Copmanthorpe4

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.

Last updated: September 2024
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