Total Crime Rate
23.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thanet Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 174th 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 Thanet Road (YO24 2PL) in the last 12 months was 23.8 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% lower than the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thanet Road (YO24 2PL), 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 | Ganton Place | Under investigation |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Moorlea Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eason View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eason View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nidd Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nidd Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lerecroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lerecroft Road | Under investigation |
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