Total Crime Rate
26.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dilys Grove area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Holgate , and the 203rd lowest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dilys Grove (YO26 4SP) in the last 12 months was 26.2 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% lower than the Holgate average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dilys Grove (YO26 4SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sowerby Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Monument Close (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 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnsall Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sowerby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monument Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sowerby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sowerby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sowerby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowerby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnsall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnsall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ash Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bouthwaite Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birstwith Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braeside Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sowerby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sowerby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnsall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birstwith Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birstwith Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Burnsall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Monument Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tisbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Burnsall Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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