Total Crime Rate

45.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 45.1 5/10
  • Violent crimes 15.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cromer Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Clifton , and the 314th highest 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 Cromer Street (YO30 6DQ) in the last 12 months was 45.1 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% lower than the Clifton average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cromer Street (YO30 6DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burton Stone Lane, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsway North (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cromer Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burton Stone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crichton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Evelyn Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evelyn Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evelyn Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Evelyn Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Wilberforce Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crichton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lumley Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lumley Road
Apr 2026Other theft St Luke'S Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shipton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bootham Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Newborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Surtees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Crombie Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Surtees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burton Stone Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Ratcliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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