Crime Statistics for Ackton, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

There were a total of 73 street level crime incidents in Ackton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ackton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	24
Public Order	21
Shoplifting	9
Drugs	6
Vehicle Crime	3
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
Other Theft	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	73

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ackton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Ackton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Ackton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Ackton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Pontefract (2.48 miles)	231
Cutsyke (1.96 miles)	213
Hopetown (1.75 miles)	155
Featherstone (0.88 miles)	135
Loscoe (1.39 miles)	121
Strawberry Hill (0.62 miles)	121
Ackton	73
New Sharlston (1.96 miles)	37
Streethouse (1.39 miles)	33
Sharlston Common (2.24 miles)	29

Where are the most violent places near Ackton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Ackton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Pontefract	101
Cutsyke	94
Hopetown	69
Featherstone	56
Strawberry Hill	51
Loscoe	45
Ackton	24
New Sharlston	21
Streethouse	19
Sharlston Common	16

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ackton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Ackton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Ackton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ackton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ackton is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castleford Central and Glasshoughton	83
2	Wakefield East	80
3	Pontefract South	76
4	Pontefract North	75
5	Normanton	74
6	Airedale and Ferry Fryston	73
7	Wakefield South	67
8	Featherstone	66
9	Altofts and Whitwood	63
10	Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton	61
11	Stanley and Outwood East	50

Which road in Ackton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ackton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Havertop Lane.