Total Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Monkgate area has the 31st highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 68th 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 Monkgate (YO31 7PB) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% lower than the Guildhall average (293.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 72.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Monkgate (YO31 7PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Thomas' Place, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Saviour'S Place (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In York| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas' Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Del Pyke | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Newbiggin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Newbiggin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Newbiggin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas' Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Thomas' Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Del Pyke | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas' Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas' Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas' Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas' Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas' Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Saviour'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Saviour'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lowther Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St John Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Jackson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monk Bar Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Goodramgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodramgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodramgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodramgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monk Bar Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Granary Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Goodramgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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