Crime Rates at Palmer Street, York, YO1 7PD

Palmer Street area has the 35th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 65th highest crime rate of 639 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 Palmer Street (YO1 7PD) in the last 12 months was 202.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% lower than the Guildhall average (315.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 180.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palmer Street (YO1 7PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Saviour'S Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.