Total Crime Rate
490.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
94.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kettlestring Lane area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Rawcliffe & Clifton Without , and the 19th highest crime rate of 631 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 Kettlestring Lane (YO30 4GU) in the last 12 months was 490.1 per 1,000 residents and was 627.6% higher than the Rawcliffe & Clifton Without average (67.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 185.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -27.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 94.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kettlestring Lane (YO30 4GU), the main crime hotspot is near Ilton Garth. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 11 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 | Public order | Aviator Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilton Garth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Concorde Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Concorde Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ilton Garth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ilton Garth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ilton Garth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | James Nicolson Link | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | James Nicolson Link | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aviator Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ilton Garth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilton Garth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilton Garth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilton Garth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilton Garth | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gouthwaith Close | — |
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