Total Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Overdale Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 271st highest 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 Overdale Close (YO24 2RT) in the last 12 months was 54.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% higher than the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Overdale Close (YO24 2RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Silverdale Court, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dringfield Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In York| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chaloner'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner'S Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wain'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herdsman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herdsman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramble Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Silverdale Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Silverdale Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Silverdale Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Silverdale Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Silverdale Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Silverdale Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Martin Cheeseman Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Martin Cheeseman Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wordsworth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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