Total Crime Rate

91.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Latest update: 03.05.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 48.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.8 8/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spindle Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 164th 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 Spindle Close (YO24 3EZ) in the last 12 months was 91.1 per 1,000 residents and was 96.2% higher than the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe average (46.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% 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 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenwood Grove (12 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
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Vincent Way Further investigation is not in the public interest
Mar 2026Public order Greenwood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Foxwood Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Wenham Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Wenham Road Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Bradley Drive Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Foxwood Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Other theft Bradley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Cranfield Place Under investigation
Mar 2026Criminal damage and arson Oldman Court Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Oldman Court Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Vincent Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Criminal damage and arson Cranfield Place Under investigation
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Willoughby Way
Mar 2026Other crime Eden Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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