Crime Statistics for Cutsyke, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Cutsyke, Wakefield

There were a total of 268 street level crime incidents in Cutsyke in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cutsyke, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime88
Shoplifting53
Other Theft23
Criminal Damage Arson20
Vehicle Crime20
Anti Social Behaviour19
Public Order17
Burglary9
Other Crime9
Robbery5
Bicycle Theft2
Drugs1
Theft From The Person1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime268

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Cutsyke

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Castleford (0.62 miles)360
Red Hill (1.39 miles)316
Cutsyke268
Monkhill (2.24 miles)266
Airedale (1.96 miles)244
Hopetown (1.96 miles)155
Allerton Bywater (1.86 miles)129
Loscoe (1.39 miles)121
Strawberry Hill (1.86 miles)121
Ackton (1.96 miles)113

5.84%
of Altofts and Whitwood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cutsyke?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Castleford131
Red Hill116
Monkhill115
Cutsyke88
Airedale85
Hopetown69
Strawberry Hill51
Ackton46
Loscoe45
Allerton Bywater41

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

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 Cutsyke 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 Cutsyke compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cutsyke and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cutsyke is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Knottingley90
2Castleford Central and Glasshoughton83
3Pontefract South76
4Pontefract North75
5Airedale and Ferry Fryston73
6Featherstone66
7Altofts and Whitwood63
8Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61
9Stanley and Outwood East50
10Kippax & Methley50
11Byram & Brotherton38

Which road in Cutsyke has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: March 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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