The overall crime rate in York city is 113.7 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 5.2k crimes were violent crimes which is 30.3% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 98% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 55.5% over the last twelve months.The category of "bicycle theft crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Bicycle theft crime" rate is at 533% of national crime rate which puts York on 3. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Bicycle theft crime" makes up 4.7% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "bicycle theft crime" is 814 cases and has increased by 1.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2023 - August 2024.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 30.3% | 16. lowest | 98% | 5.2k | -5.1% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 22.8% | 18. highest | 162% | 3.9k | 4.7% |
Shoplifting crime | 12.2% | 25. highest | 179% | 2.1k | 55.5% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 7.6% | 38. lowest | 111% | 1.3k | 11.8% |
Other theft crime | 5.4% | 14. lowest | 83% | 940 | -4.0% |
Public order crime | 5.3% | 11. lowest | 82% | 919 | -18.0% |
Bicycle theft crime | 4.7% | 3. highest | 533% | 814 | 1.6% |
Burglary crime | 4.0% | 47. highest | 107% | 690 | 44.1% |
Vehicle crime | 2.7% | 10. lowest | 50% | 460 | -5.7% |
Drugs crime | 1.9% | 17. lowest | 81% | 336 | 3.4% |
Other crime | 1.2% | 9. lowest | 69% | 204 | 37.8% |
Possession of weapons crime | 0.7% | 16. lowest | 92% | 127 | 32.3% |
Theft from the person crime | 0.7% | 42. lowest | 36% | 118 | -7.1% |
Robbery crime | 0.5% | 13. lowest | 46% | 90 | 47.5% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in York city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | York city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 25.9 | 16.0 |
Bicycle theft | 5.3 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Criminal damage and arson | 8.6 | 7.7 |
Drugs | 2.2 | 2.7 |
Other crime | 1.3 | 2.0 |
Other theft | 6.2 | 7.5 |
Possession of weapons | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Public order | 6.0 | 7.4 |
Robbery | 0.6 | 1.3 |
Shoplifting | 13.9 | 7.7 |
Theft from the person | 0.8 | 2.1 |
Vehicle crime | 3.0 | 6.0 |
Violent crime | 34.4 | 35.0 |