Total Crime Rate

29.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

14.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.2 3/10
  • Violent crimes 14.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Thorpe area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 220th 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 West Thorpe (YO24 2PP) in the last 12 months was 29.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Thorpe (YO24 2PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wain'S Grove (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Thorpe area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Herdsman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Southfield Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wain'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lerecroft Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lerecroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eason View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Moorlea Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eason View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nidd Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Herdsman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wain'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nidd Grove —
Apr 2026Public order Wain'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ganton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wain'S Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Chaloner'S Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaloner'S Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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