Clifton
WardCentral York. About 9,755 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Clifton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Clifton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Clifton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Clifton at a rate of 113.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across York.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 116 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Clifton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (290), anti-social behaviour (245) and shoplifting (147).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of York
These figures are published for the whole of York, not for each ward, so they describe all of York and not Clifton alone. See York
Clifton in brief
Clifton had 9,420 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Clifton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Clifton, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Clifton, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.