Total Crime Rate
32.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leven Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 235th 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 Leven Road (YO24 2TL) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% lower than the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leven Road (YO24 2TL), the main crime hotspot is near Wain'S Grove. Police recorded 16 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 | Herdsman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nidd Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nidd Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eason View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eason View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lerecroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lerecroft Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ganton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaloner'S Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chaloner'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herdsman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swale Avenue | Under investigation |
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