Crimes and priorities
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Retail Theft & Commercial Burglary - Continuous positive action against the most prolific retail crime offenders. We work closely along Retailers and commercial premises owners to implement preventative measures and quickly pursue offenders and support businesses overcoming
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Whilst out on ASB patrols in the city centre, our Neighbourhood Policing Team responded to reports a report of a shop theft in progress. They responded quickly to the scene and detained a male from outside force area. The suspect was arrested and taken to York Police station and give a positive outcome disposal.
Our Neighbourhood Policing teams know the importance of responding quickly to reports of shop theft to support local businesses and bring people to justice.
We conduct regular visits to retailers to provide crime prevention advice and we are looking at other ways of sharing information and intelligence with partners to tackle to most prolific offenders.
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Cycle Theft in across York remains our priority. 2025 saw the launch of Op BATTERY and our use of Bike Register as a preventative marking tool and our free marking events using the technology alongside proactive enforcement saw us reduce Cycle Theft in the City Centre by 46% in a Five and a half month period. We continue our efforts York wide in this regard.
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Cycle Theft in Bike in York and North Yorkshire are down by 30% in the last year
As more people have opted to using bikes in recent years, like other places in the country York has seen an increase in cycle related crime. In response, the local Neighbourhood Policing Team have implemented a dedicated operation to prevent and disrupt offenders operating here. This includes conducting proactive patrols, using specialist tracker bikes, working with CCTV operators to monitor key areas 24/7 and hosting bike security events to reunite stolen bikes with their owners.
Over the last few weeks officers have been busy issuing posters across the city to advertise free bike marking events. BikeRegister is the national cycle database which is used by all UK police forces to search for stolen bicycles and reunite them with their rightful owners. Since April 2025 officers have marked 800 bikes in York with BikeRegister.
You can find your nearest bike marking event via the BikeRegister website.
Op BATTERY is both our preventative activity around Cycle Theft using Bike Register marking technology and our pro-active efforts to tackle Cycle Theft by targeting offenders, bringing them to justice and recovering stolen Cycles.
Here is a update of our recent efforts in this regard….
OP BATTERY - Arrests specifically for Cycle Theft in York 01.07.26 – 09.08.26
A arrested 14/07/26 just after 9pm caught in the act of an Attempt Theft of a Cycle from Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate. A has been charged to Court.
B arrested 26/07/26 for Cycle Theft (from Heslington Lane) & Burglary. B has been given conditional bail to return pending enquiries.
C arrested 26/07/26 for Cycle Theft from Blake St, York (and other matters). C was charged and remanded in Police Custody for the separate matters, bailed for the Cycle Theft pending enquiries.
D arrested 04/08/26 for Cycle Theft from Blake St, York, he has been bailed pending enquiries.
E arrested 05/08/26 for 2 X Cycle Theft, one Library Square, Museum St, York and the other in Northallerton. E has been given a short bail date to return pending enquiries.
F arrested 05/08/26 for Cycle Theft from Cornlands Road, Acomb, York. F has been charged to Court. -
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Anti-Social Behaviour - Target patrol of Hotspot areas, use of Dispersal, Stop/Search, powers of arrest where grounds permit. Dealing with repeat Youth offending through staged ASB process and both Youths and/or Adults for any criminal offences committed from the behaviour.
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We are deploying additional officers into our key ASB areas on days and times we know there is likely to be more demand based on previous data and current trends. ASB can cause significant impact on our communities and we are committed to tackling these issues.
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