Total Crime Rate

106.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.3 8/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spindle Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 139th highest crime rate of 639 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 Spindle Close (YO24 3EZ) in the last 12 months was 106.3 per 1,000 residents and was 117.5% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 109.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spindle Close (YO24 3EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pheasant Drive, where police recorded 41 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.

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Crime Over Time in Spindle Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonethwaite Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pheasant Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pheasant Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bellwood Drive Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rogers Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foxwood Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Cranfield Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foxwood Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lydham Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lydham Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wenham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wenham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wenham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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