Total Crime Rate
41.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Newborough Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Clifton , and the 296th lowest 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 Upper Newborough Street (YO30 7AR) in the last 12 months was 41.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Newborough Street (YO30 7AR), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 177 crimes here, including 110 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 | Robbery | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wilberforce Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Stone Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ratcliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Surtees Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bootham Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Murrough Wilson Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shipton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
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