Total Crime Rate
103.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severus 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.
View Crime In York| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hebdon Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beaconsfield Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaconsfield Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sowerby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monument Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Severus Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Severus Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Severus Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lynden Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monument Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaconsfield Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sowerby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsthorpe | — |
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