Total Crime Rate

103.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 36.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Severus Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Holgate , and the 150th highest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Severus Street (YO24 4NL) in the last 12 months was 103.3 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% higher than the Holgate average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Severus Street (YO24 4NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sowerby Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Severus Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hebdon Rise
Apr 2026Public order Sowerby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Beaconsfield Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beaconsfield Mews Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Sowerby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Sowerby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sowerby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sowerby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Monument Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beaconsfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Severus Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Severus Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Severus Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lynden Way
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Monument Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beaconsfield Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sowerby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Road
Apr 2026Public order York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour York Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsthorpe

Data Sources

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