Total Crime Rate
777.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
268.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Stonebow area has the 8th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 10th 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 The Stonebow (YO1 7NP) in the last 12 months was 777.8 per 1,000 residents and was 165.0% higher than the Guildhall average (293.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (β 268.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Stonebow (YO1 7NP), the main crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 367 crimes here, including 131 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 | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barleycorn Yard | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Ousegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Ousegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Ousegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Ousegate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | King'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Merchantgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merchantgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Merchantgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchantgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granary Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granary Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Public order | Low Petergate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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