Crime Statistics for Chapel Fields, Knapton, York, 2024

There were a total of 146 street level crime incidents in Chapel Fields in February 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 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	46
Anti Social Behaviour	34
Criminal Damage Arson	18
Public Order	12
Shoplifting	9
Bicycle Theft	6
Other Theft	5
Burglary	5
Drugs	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	146

Map of street level crime incidents in February 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)	418
North Yorkshire|Holgate (1.24 miles)	233
Acomb (0.88 miles)	183
Chapel Fields	146
South Bank (1.96 miles)	137
Knapton (0.62 miles)	100
Dringhouses (1.75 miles)	93
Knavesmire (1.75 miles)	93
Nether Poppleton (1.86 miles)	30
Askham Bryan (1.96 miles)	5

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	124
North Yorkshire|Holgate	72
Acomb	64
Chapel Fields	46
South Bank	36
Dringhouses	35
Knavesmire	35
Knapton	28
Nether Poppleton	11
Askham Bryan	0

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.