Total Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westwood Terrace area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 56th lowest crime rate of 631 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 Westwood Terrace (YO23 1HL) in the last 12 months was 10.0 per 1,000 residents and was 79.4% lower than the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westwood Terrace (YO23 1HL), the main crime hotspot is near Clock Tower Way. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 27 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 | Other theft | Hubert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campleshon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Campleshon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Campleshon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jamieson Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clock Tower Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brunswick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hubert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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