Total Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Granger Avenue 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 Granger Avenue (YO26 5LF) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Granger Avenue (YO26 5LF), the main crime hotspot is near Cross Street. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In York| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meeting House Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danesgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danebury Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Elmtree Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beaconsfield Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Front Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaconsfield Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Acomb Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaconsfield Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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