Total Crime Rate
104.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waveney Grove area has the 12th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Clifton , and the 148th 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 Waveney Grove (YO30 6EQ) in the last 12 months was 104.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waveney Grove (YO30 6EQ), 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 | Drugs | Sutton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Evelyn Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Evelyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | 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 | Shoplifting | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waveney Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waveney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waveney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waveney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crichton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crichton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waveney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waveney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waveney Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Green | 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 | 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 |
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