Crime Statistics for Ackton, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Ackton, Wakefield

There were a total of 70 street level crime incidents in Ackton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Public Order, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Public Order21
Violent Crime20
Drugs6
Criminal Damage Arson5
Other Theft5
Anti Social Behaviour4
Shoplifting4
Possession Of Weapons2
Vehicle Crime1
Robbery1
Burglary1
All Crime70

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

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 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Pontefract (2.48 miles)243
Cutsyke (1.96 miles)215
Hopetown (1.75 miles)112
Featherstone (0.88 miles)109
Strawberry Hill (0.62 miles)104
Loscoe (1.39 miles)98
Ackton70
New Sharlston (1.96 miles)53
Streethouse (1.39 miles)38
Sharlston Common (2.24 miles)31

5.37%
of Featherstone residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Pontefract103
Cutsyke79
Featherstone53
Strawberry Hill53
Hopetown45
New Sharlston36
Loscoe29
Streethouse25
Sharlston Common21
Ackton20

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.

#WardScore
1Castleford Central and Glasshoughton83
2Wakefield East80
3Pontefract South76
4Pontefract North75
5Normanton74
6Airedale and Ferry Fryston73
7Wakefield South67
8Featherstone66
9Altofts and Whitwood63
10Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61
11Stanley and Outwood East50

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.

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