Total Crime Rate
231.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meeting House Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Holgate , and the 49th highest crime rate of 631 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 Meeting House Lane (YO26 5FD) in the last 12 months was 231.7 per 1,000 residents and was 219.0% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meeting House Lane (YO26 5FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gale Farm Court, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bachelor Hill (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In York| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Elmtree Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acomb Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dijon Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croftside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vesper Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gale Farm Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bachelor Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meeting House Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gale Farm Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gale Farm Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tennent Mews | Under investigation |
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