Total Crime Rate
207.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gale Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Westfield , and the 63rd 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 Gale Lane (YO24 3AH) in the last 12 months was 207.3 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% higher than the Westfield average (120.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 117.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gale Lane (YO24 3AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clay Place, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chesney Fields (31 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 | Chesney Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesney Fields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chesney Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesney Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsway West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kingsway West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clay Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windsor Garth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kempton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kempton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kempton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kempton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesney Fields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Middleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Middleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Middleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesney Fields | Under investigation |
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