Total Crime Rate
366.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bootham Row area has the 15th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 27th highest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bootham Row (YO30 7DU) in the last 12 months was 366.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% higher than the Guildhall average (293.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (β 152.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bootham Row (YO30 7DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blake Street, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near On or near (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In York| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | A19 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bootham Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bootham Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bootham Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonards Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Mews | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blake Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Blake Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blake Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Blake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blake Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blake Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Mary'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blake Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Awaiting court outcome | |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blake Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Claremont Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A19 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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