Total Crime Rate
113.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kitemere Place area has the 8th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 135th highest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kitemere Place (YO24 2YG) in the last 12 months was 113.8 per 1,000 residents and was 134.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 158.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kitemere Place (YO24 2YG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pheasant Drive, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenwood Grove (14 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 | Ashmeade Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pheasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pheasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morrell Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Corlett Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Corlett Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Grove | Under investigation |
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