Crime Statistics for Cold Hiendley, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Cold Hiendley, Wakefield

There were a total of 10 street level crime incidents in Cold Hiendley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cold Hiendley, 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 Crime4
Anti Social Behaviour3
Burglary1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Public Order1
All Crime10

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 Cold Hiendley. 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 Cold Hiendley

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Newstead (1.24 miles)49
Felkirk (1.39 miles)42
Ryhill (0.62 miles)39
South Hiendley (1.75 miles)35
New Crofton (1.96 miles)20
Crofton (1.96 miles)20
Foulby (2.24 miles)18
Walton (2.24 miles)17
Cold Hiendley10
Notton (1.96 miles)0

4.69%
of Crofton, Ryhill and Walton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cold Hiendley?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Felkirk23
Newstead21
Ryhill17
South Hiendley16
Foulby10
New Crofton9
Crofton9
Walton4
Cold Hiendley4
Notton0

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

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 Cold Hiendley 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 Cold Hiendley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cold Hiendley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Cold Hiendley have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is St Helens.

#WardScore
1St Helens86
2Royston81
3Monk Bretton80
4Hemsworth79
5Normanton74
6Cudworth73
7Wakefield South67
8Old Town67
9Featherstone66
10Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61
11Crofton, Ryhill and Walton59

Which road in Cold Hiendley has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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