Nearly 150 York residents fined for breaking coronavirus rules

North Yorkshire Police have revealed how many fines they’ve issued to people flouting coronavirus regulations.

As of 11 May, the force had issued 926 fixed penalty notices during 509 incidents.

Of those, 351 of the recipients had previously come to the attention of the police.

Altogether 58 per cent of the notices were issued to non-residents of York and North Yorkshire.

However, in York most of the fines were issued to residents. Of the 179 notices issued in the city, 147 were to residents.

On Wednesday (13 May) Assistant Chief Constable Mike Walker urged people to take “personal responsibility” as the relaxation of the lockdown rules were introduced.

But he added “the minority who choose not to should be aware that the fines under the regulations have now increased to £100.

“Although my officers do not want to use their enforcement powers if they don’t have to, it’s right that they’re able to take action against a minority who disregard the remaining restrictions and in doing so, put people at risk.”

North Yorkshire fines – Area  & gender      

Area where notice issued	Notices Issued	Local Residents	Visitors	Male	Female
Craven	198	6	192	175	23
Hambleton	80	22	55	61	19
Harrogate	64	20	44	51	13
Richmond	43	9	34	33	10
Ryedale	19	6	12	13	6
Scarborough	267	148	119	203	64
Selby	76	19	52	63	13
York	179	147	30	145	34

North Yorkshire fines – Ages

Age	No of fines
18 – 25	380
26 – 35	300
36 – 45	137
46 – 55	63
56 – 65	33
66 and over	13

Top five areas for visitors from out of the area

Residence of those issued Notices	Notices Issued
West Yorkshire	273
Cleveland	64
Humberside	44
County Durham	30
Lancashire	24