The Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill, William Shelly School and Annex, and West Side Sanitarium are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all land.

The West York borough council voted to censure Wasko, but had no power to throw him out of office.

[1] The West York Borough Police Department (WYBPD), founded in 1917, is a full-time and full-service municipal law enforcement agency that provides 24-hour patrol, emergency response, and investigative functions within the confines of the Borough of West York.

In 2013, the WYBPD completed a large-scale organized-crime investigation involving over 196 suspects engaged in felonious crimes in five Pennsylvania and two Maryland counties.

The alleged ring leader was operating his criminal enterprise from a small storefront shop located along W. Market Street.

This crime ring targeted over 90 retail chain stores in over 300 locations throughout this seven-county and multistate geographic area.

[6] Per the crime statistics as compiled by the Pennsylvania State Police in 2019, the Borough of West York had the second-highest high crime rate per area in York County, yet their primary patrol duties are still traffic and parking enforcement.

The drivers are also cross-trained as a codes-enforcement officers and inspect and enforce the borough's building and housing codes.

The fire company owns and operates one Ford F250 (RITT) utility truck and one Chevrolet Tahoe as the duty-officer vehicle.