Total Crime Rate
194.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kyme Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 70th highest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kyme Street (YO1 6HG) in the last 12 months was 194.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.7% lower than the Guildhall average (293.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kyme Street (YO1 6HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bridge Street, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumberland Street (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In York| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cromwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Hudson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Hudson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fenwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clifford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dove Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Benidict Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alcelina Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Low Ousegate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Clement Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nunthorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nunthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
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