Total Crime Rate
92.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Evelyn Crescent area has the 17th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Clifton , and the 164th highest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Evelyn Crescent (YO30 6DR) in the last 12 months was 92.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Evelyn Crescent (YO30 6DR), 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 | Burton Stone Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wilberforce Avenue | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crombie Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Crombie Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Surtees Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crichton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lumley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lumley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Luke'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharton Avenue | — |
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