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Where to stay in York

Every area rated for day and night, with the reasoning and the sources behind each rating.

🟢 Official crime data · North Yorkshire Police, data.police.uk Day and night here are split by offence type, not by clock time: the police feed records no time of day, so “by day” weights shoplifting, theft and burglary and “at night” weights violence, robbery and anti-social behaviour. An area with a busy high street and quiet evenings can therefore read worse by day, and that is the offence mix, not a count of incidents seen at each hour. Each area page shows the figures behind both. Methodology →

For a short stay in York: Guildhall and Acomb. One area for each kind of trip, each shown with its own day and night rating — including where that rating says be careful. None of them is here because someone paid for it.

For a first visit · With family Guildhall
Higher caution advisedday Higher caution advisednight
7 of the city's main sights are close enough to walk between. Still a practical base for a first visit: the rating is driven by shoplifting during the day and violence after dark, counted as a rate against the 14,553 people registered as living here rather than the far larger number who pass through. Take extra care, particularly after dark — that is what the rating is for, not a reason to stay out of the area. Find a place in Guildhall →
Best rated overall Acomb
Relatively saferday Relatively safernight
Nowhere in the city is rated better, by day or after dark. Find a place in Acomb →
Compare all 21 wards

Ordered by how much each area differs from the rest of the city, not by rating — the unusual ones first. Click a column to sort it your way.

AreaDayNight Sights Book
Guildhall Higher caution advised Higher caution advised 8 Book →
Micklegate Higher caution advised Higher caution advised 2 Book →
Westfield Average Higher caution advised Book →
Clifton Higher caution advised Average Book →
Fishergate Higher caution advised Average Book →
Holgate Average Average 1 Book →
Fulford & Heslington Average Average Book →
Hull Road Average Average Book →
Huntington & New Earswick Average Average Book →
Rawcliffe & Clifton Without Average Average Book →
Heworth Relatively safer Average Book →
Rural West York Average Relatively safer Book →
Acomb Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Bishopthorpe Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Copmanthorpe Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Haxby & Wigginton Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Heworth Without Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Osbaldwick & Derwent Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Strensall Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →
Wheldrake Relatively safer Relatively safer Book →