Total Crime Rate
167.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Baildon Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Holgate , and the 91st highest crime rate of 639 local areas in York .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Baildon Close (YO26 4LR) in the last 12 months was 167.3 per 1,000 residents and was 140.0% higher than the Holgate average (69.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (β 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baildon Close (YO26 4LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sowerby Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birstwith Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birstwith Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birstwith Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnsall Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnsall Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnsall Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bouthwaite Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bouthwaite Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birstwith Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindsey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowerby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sowerby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfax Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindsey Avenue | Under investigation |
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