Total Crime Rate
535.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burton Stone Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Clifton , and the 17th 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 Burton Stone Lane (YO30 6DG) in the last 12 months was 535.4 per 1,000 residents and was 321.0% higher than the Clifton average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 71.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 57.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1161.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burton Stone Lane (YO30 6DG), the main crime hotspot is near Waveney Grove. Police recorded 143 crimes here, including 26 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Surtees Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ratcliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
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