Total Crime Rate

41.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.7 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 41.2 4/10
  • Violent crimes 18.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Upper 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.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Newborough Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Surtees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burton Stone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Wilberforce Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tennyson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burton Stone Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Newborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burton Stone Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burton Stone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Burton Stone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burton Stone Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Ratcliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Surtees Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bootham Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Murrough Wilson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shipton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Surtees Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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