Crime Statistics for Knapton, Rufforth with Knapton, York, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Knapton in August 2024. There were a total of 136 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Knapton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime43
Anti Social Behaviour43
Shoplifting20
Criminal Damage Arson9
Public Order8
Vehicle Crime3
Bicycle Theft3
Robbery2
Possession Of Weapons2
Drugs1
Other Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime136

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Knapton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Knapton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Knapton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Knapton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
York (1.96 miles)562
North Yorkshire|Holgate (1.39 miles)260
Acomb (1.39 miles)233
South Bank (2.24 miles)162
Chapel Fields (0.62 miles)118
Dringhouses (2.24 miles)92
Knapton92
Knavesmire (2.24 miles)92
Rawcliffe (2.24 miles)41
Nether Poppleton (1.24 miles)32

6.26%
of Acomb residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Knapton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Knapton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
York161
Acomb90
North Yorkshire|Holgate84
Knapton43
South Bank42
Chapel Fields36
Dringhouses23
Knavesmire23
Rawcliffe22
Nether Poppleton6

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Knapton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Knapton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Knapton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Knapton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Knapton is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Westfield60
2Guildhall46
3Clifton42
4Micklegate39
5Holgate33
6Acomb29
7Dringhouses & Woodthorpe20
8Rawcliffe & Clifton Without18
9Fishergate14
10Rural West York9
11Copmanthorpe4

Which road in Knapton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Knapton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: August 2024
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