Total Crime Rate
168.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Martins Lane area has the 40th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 81st highest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Martins Lane (YO1 1LN) in the last 12 months was 168.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.6% lower than the Guildhall average (293.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Martins Lane (YO1 1LN), the main crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 323 crimes here, including 201 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In York| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lendal | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lendal | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Low Ousegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lendal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Hudson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lendal | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lendal | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Micklegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Under investigation |
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