Total Crime Rate
11141.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4260.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parliament Street area has the highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the highest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Parliament Street (YO1 2RU) in the last 12 months was 11141.3 per 1,000 residents and was 3696.1% higher 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 306 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 392 (≈ 4260.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parliament Street (YO1 2RU), the main crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 988 crimes here, including 448 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 | Shoplifting | Bartle Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fossgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Ousegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Ousegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Ousegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Low Ousegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Low Ousegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Low Ousegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fossgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Investigation complete; no suspect identified | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further investigation is not in the public interest | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | — | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Ousegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Ousegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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