Total Crime Rate
1200.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
513.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blossom Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 8th 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 Blossom Street (YO24 1AJ) in the last 12 months was 1200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 308.9% higher than the Guildhall average (293.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 513.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blossom Street (YO24 1AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Bar Lane. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 49 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 | Bar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bar Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bar Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bar Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dewsbury Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewsbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barker Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Micklegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blossom Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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