Total Crime Rate
18.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Slingsby Grove area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 123rd lowest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Slingsby Grove (YO24 1LS) in the last 12 months was 18.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower than the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Slingsby Grove (YO24 1LS), the main crime hotspot is near Meadow Court. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 9 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 | Swale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Helen'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dante Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadow Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moor Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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