Recorded crime
York recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 7 York districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
2,116
Across 7 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 7
- Most recorded
- Violence
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in York: police recorded 2,116 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 7 postcode districts with a published figure. YO26 has the lowest recorded count (0) and YO1 the highest (840). The most often recorded category was violent crime, at 32% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
Use this to see the shape of a city and to prompt better questions, not to decide that one district is good and another bad.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on York crime counts: big differences, read with care
For July 2026, 2,116 crimes were recorded around the centres of 7 York districts, with counts from 0 in YO26 to 840 in YO1, a wide gap that busy centres produce on their own.
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Key figures
York crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
0
YO26, crimes recorded
Middle district
320
Median of the districts
Highest district
840
YO1, crimes recorded
Top category
Violence
668 of 2,116 crimes
Recorded crime
York crime by category and district
2,116 recorded crimes across 7 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Violent crime was the most recorded category, with 668 of 2,116 crimes (32%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
See the figures
| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 668 | 32% |
| Anti social behaviour | 509 | 24% |
| Shoplifting | 286 | 14% |
| Criminal damage arson | 145 | 7% |
| Public order | 143 | 7% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
York districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 0 in YO26 to 840 in YO1. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
See the figures
| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| YO26 | 0 | — | YO26 area report |
| YO23 | 49 | Shoplifting (18) | YO23 area report |
| YO30 | 88 | Violent crime (20) | YO30 area report |
| YO24 | 320 | Anti social behaviour (93) | YO24 area report |
| YO10 | 349 | Violent crime (108) | YO10 area report |
| YO31 | 470 | Violent crime (169) | YO31 area report |
| YO1 | 840 | Violent crime (267) | YO1 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 7 York postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 2,116 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 320.
YO26 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (0), and YO1 the highest (840).
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was violent crime, at 32% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
York recorded crime: your questions
How many crimes were recorded in York?
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What is the most commonly recorded crime in York?
Why does this page not rank York districts by crime rate?
Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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