Total Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodlea Bank area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Acomb , and the 72nd 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 Woodlea Bank (YO26 5JZ) in the last 12 months was 13.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.0% lower than the Acomb average (50.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodlea Bank (YO26 5JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near York Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Danebury Drive (16 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 | Severus Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Iver Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garden Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Iver Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danebury Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Severus Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Severus Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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