Crime Rates in York City Centre (YO1)
Crime statistics for YO1 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is York City Centre (YO1)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 1,061 crimes within 1 mile of the YO1 centre, against 502 around YO31, 295 around YO10 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in YO1?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the YO1 centre were Anti-social behaviour (323), Violent crime (257) and Shoplifting (182), out of 1,061 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full YO1 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in YO1?
Enter a full YO1 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
YO1 at a glance
1,061 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the YO1 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was anti-social behaviour, at 30% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 1,061
- Most recorded category
- Anti-social behaviour (30%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
- Police neighbourhood at the centre
- York Inner
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 323 | 30% |
| Violent crime | 257 | 24% |
| Shoplifting | 182 | 17% |
| Public order | 65 | 6% |
| Criminal damage arson | 49 | 5% |
| Other theft | 38 | 4% |
| Burglary | 37 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 36 | 3% |
| All other categories | 74 | 7% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the YO1 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How YO1 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| York City Centre (YO1) | 1,061 | Anti-social behaviour (30%) | — |
| YO31 | 502 | Violent crime (28%) | 1.7km |
| YO10 | 295 | Violent crime (31%) | 1.9km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest YO1, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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