Crime Statistics for Knavesmire, York, York, 2024

Crime statistics for Knavesmire, York

There were a total of 102 street level crime incidents in Knavesmire 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 Knavesmire, 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 Crime34
Anti Social Behaviour13
Shoplifting11
Criminal Damage Arson10
Bicycle Theft6
Other Theft6
Vehicle Crime5
Public Order5
Drugs5
Burglary4
Theft From The Person1
Other Crime1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime102

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 Knavesmire. 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 Knavesmire

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

LocationCrime Incidents
York (1.39 miles)411
North Yorkshire|Holgate (1.24 miles)255
Acomb (0.88 miles)183
South Bank (0.88 miles)181
Chapel Fields (1.75 miles)128
Dringhouses102
Knavesmire102
Nunthorpe (0.62 miles)48
Copmanthorpe (1.75 miles)9
Bishopthorpe (1.39 miles)2

7.09%
of Dringhouses & Woodthorpe residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Knavesmire?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
York133
North Yorkshire|Holgate106
Acomb77
South Bank66
Chapel Fields58
Dringhouses34
Knavesmire34
Nunthorpe20
Copmanthorpe7
Bishopthorpe1

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

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 Knavesmire 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 Knavesmire compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Westfield60
2Guildhall46
3Micklegate39
4Holgate33
5Acomb29
6Dringhouses & Woodthorpe20
7Fishergate14
8Copmanthorpe4
9Bishopthorpe4
10Fulford & Heslington2
11Wheldrake2

Which road in Knavesmire has the highest level of crime?

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

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