Total Crime Rate
346.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wains Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 31st highest crime rate of 639 local areas in York .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wains Road (YO24 2TZ) in the last 12 months was 346.3 per 1,000 residents and was 608.4% higher than the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe average (48.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 200.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wains Road (YO24 2TZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Silverdale Court, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Herdsman Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dringhouses & Woodthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sandmartin Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trent Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lerecroft Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chaloner'S Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chaloner'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dringfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dringfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dringfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dringfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trent Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herdsman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Thorpe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Silverdale Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Silverdale Court | Under investigation |
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