Crime Statistics for Durkar, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Durkar, Wakefield

There were a total of 76 street level crime incidents in Durkar in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Durkar, 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 Crime43
Other Theft10
Anti Social Behaviour6
Vehicle Crime6
Public Order5
Criminal Damage Arson4
Burglary1
Other Crime1
All Crime76

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 Durkar. 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 Durkar

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Kettlethorpe (0.88 miles)105
Milnthorpe (1.24 miles)91
Durkar76
Horbury Junction (0.62 miles)67
Hollingthorpe (1.24 miles)44
Crigglestone (1.24 miles)44
Chapelthorpe (1.24 miles)44
Hall Green (1.24 miles)44
Great Cliff (0.88 miles)31
Calder Grove (0.88 miles)31

3.47%
of Horbury and South Ossett residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Durkar?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Kettlethorpe52
Durkar43
Horbury Junction35
Milnthorpe30
Hollingthorpe29
Crigglestone29
Chapelthorpe29
Hall Green29
Great Cliff19
Calder Grove19

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

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 Durkar 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 Durkar compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Durkar and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Durkar is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Wakefield West80
2Wakefield East80
3Wakefield North78
4Normanton74
5Wakefield South67
6Ossett63
7Dewsbury South63
8Crofton, Ryhill and Walton59
9Horbury and South Ossett51
10Wakefield Rural49
11Wrenthorpe and Outwood West49

Which road in Durkar has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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