Total Crime Rate
594.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
188.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Denys Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 14th 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 St Denys Road (YO1 9PU) in the last 12 months was 594.1 per 1,000 residents and was 102.4% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (β 188.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Denys Road (YO1 9PU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 45 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 | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fossgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fossgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | β | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchantgate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
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