Crime Rate in Rural West York, ward

Rural West York has the 6th lowest crime rate of 21 wards in York district and the 1645th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 53rd lowest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Rural West York in the last 12 months was 40.4 per 1,000 residents and was 57.9% lower than the York district average (95.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Rural West York’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 107 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 138 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Rural West York ward, the main local crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.