Total Crime Rate
65.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highmoor Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 244th highest crime rate of 639 local areas in York .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highmoor Close (YO24 2UG) in the last 12 months was 65.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highmoor Close (YO24 2UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 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 | Public order | Wain'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Thorpe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trent Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trent Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Herdsman Road | Under investigation |
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