Total Crime Rate

99.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 99.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 29.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Water End area has the 14th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Clifton , and the 157th 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 Water End (YO30 6LL) in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 21.6% lower than the Clifton average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water End (YO30 6LL), the main crime hotspot is near Clifton Dale. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Water End area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifton Dale Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Government House Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifton Dale Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Clifton Dale Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Clifton Dale Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rosslyn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clifton Dale Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clifton Dale Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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