North Yorkshire Police figures show around two thirds of the 1,005 violent crimes recorded in York city centre in the year up to March 2024 were at night.
Violent crimes accounted for almost one in five of all 5,629 alcohol-related, antisocial behaviour and public safety and welfare offences and incidents in the city centre.
A police report on the figures stated the peak for reporting all such crimes was between 2pm and 6pm in 2023-4, shifting from between 11pm and 1am in 2020-1.
It comes as York councillors are set to discuss crime rates in the city’s cumulative impact area (CIA) at a meeting on its licensing policies on Wednesday, March 5.
The CIA covers the parts of the city centre with the highest concentration of pubs, bars, clubs and other licensed premises and it extends along Micklegate and into Blossom Street.
Councillors hearing applications to licence new pubs, bars and other venues take the CIA into account if objections against bids are lodged.
The level of violent crime was down slightly compared to 2022-3, when 1,027 offences were recorded, with 1,025 recorded in 2021-2.
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