Total Crime Rate
2037.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
994.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Row area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Guildhall , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 631 local areas in York .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Row (YO90 1WR) in the last 12 months was 2037.8 per 1,000 residents and was 594.3% higher 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 161 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 184 (≈ 994.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Row (YO90 1WR), the main crime hotspot is near On or near. Police recorded 530 crimes here, including 268 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bishophill Senior | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Hudson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Hudson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Micklegate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewsbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trinity Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unable to prosecute suspect | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Awaiting court outcome | |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Under investigation | |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dewsbury Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Awaiting court outcome | |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lendal | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lendal | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonards Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Avenue | Under investigation |
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