Total Crime Rate
26.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Stephens Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Westfield , and the 204th 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 St Stephens Road (YO24 3EQ) in the last 12 months was 26.3 per 1,000 residents and was 78.1% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Stephens Road (YO24 3EQ), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesney Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesney Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesney Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesney Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chesney Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesney Fields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesney Fields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clay Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clay Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gale Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clay Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clay Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clay Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Road | Local resolution |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Herman Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesney Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gale Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gale Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gale Lane | Under investigation |
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