Total Crime Rate
182.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Redcoat Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe , and the 76th 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 Redcoat Way (YO24 3NG) in the last 12 months was 182.8 per 1,000 residents and was 273.8% higher than the Dringhouses & Woodthorpe average (48.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 220.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Redcoat Way (YO24 3NG), 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.
View Crime In Dringhouses & Woodthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salmond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pheasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Morrell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morrell Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salmond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Salmond Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pheasant Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bellwood Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Otterwood Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Otterwood Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Slessor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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