Total Crime Rate
63.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newborough Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Clifton , and the 246th highest 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 Newborough Street (YO30 7EJ) in the last 12 months was 63.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.3% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newborough Street (YO30 7EJ), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Bootham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bootham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lumley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | 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 | Bootham Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tennyson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Other theft | Shipton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wilberforce Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ratcliffe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Luke'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Lumley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burton Stone Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Surtees Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Surtees Street | Under investigation |
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