Total Crime Rate

480.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 480.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 189.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 106.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.7 10/10
  • Robbery 16.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Townend Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 18th highest crime rate of 639 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 Townend Street (YO31 7PY) in the last 12 months was 480.5 per 1,000 residents and was 52.1% higher than the Guildhall average (315.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 95.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Townend Street (YO31 7PY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Townend Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Scaife Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markham Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Thomas' Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scaife Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scaife Mews —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pilgrim Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Monk Bar Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Del Pyke —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas' Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Jackson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brownlow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Monkgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neville Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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