Crime Statistics for Calder, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Calder, Wakefield

There were a total of 194 street level crime incidents in Calder in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Calder, 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 Crime71
Vehicle Crime25
Criminal Damage Arson20
Drugs15
Burglary14
Anti Social Behaviour14
Public Order10
Other Theft9
Shoplifting6
Other Crime5
Robbery3
Bicycle Theft1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime194

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 Calder. 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 Calder

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newton Hill (1.75 miles)554
Belle Vue (0.88 miles)251
Agbrigg (0.88 miles)251
Calder194
Heath Common (0.62 miles)167
Portobello (1.75 miles)166
Sandal (1.75 miles)166
Sandal Magna (1.39 miles)150
Goosehill (1.39 miles)26
Warmfield (1.24 miles)16

11.03%
of Normanton (Wakefield) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Calder?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Newton Hill208
Belle Vue77
Agbrigg77
Calder71
Heath Common52
Sandal Magna46
Portobello42
Sandal42
Goosehill20
Warmfield9

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

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 Calder 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 Calder compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Calder and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Calder is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Wakefield West80
2Wakefield East80
3Wakefield North78
4Normanton74
5Wakefield South67
6Featherstone66
7Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61
8Crofton, Ryhill and Walton59
9Horbury and South Ossett51
10Stanley and Outwood East50
11Wrenthorpe and Outwood West49

Which road in Calder has the highest level of crime?

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

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