Crime Statistics for Foulby, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Foulby, Wakefield

There were a total of 20 street level crime incidents in Foulby in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Foulby, 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 Crime11
Criminal Damage Arson5
Burglary2
Possession Of Weapons1
Public Order1
All Crime20

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 Foulby. 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 Foulby

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Fitzwilliam (1.75 miles)57
New Sharlston (1.96 miles)53
Streethouse (1.86 miles)38
Newstead (1.86 miles)35
Sharlston Common (1.39 miles)31
Ryhill (1.96 miles)30
Foulby20
New Crofton (0.62 miles)18
Crofton (0.62 miles)18
Cold Hiendley (2.24 miles)12

4.58%
of Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Foulby?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
New Sharlston36
Fitzwilliam32
Streethouse25
Sharlston Common21
Newstead18
Ryhill16
Foulby11
New Crofton11
Crofton11
Cold Hiendley8

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

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 Foulby 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 Foulby compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Royston81
2South Elmsall and South Kirkby81
3Wakefield West80
4Wakefield East80
5Hemsworth79
6Wakefield North78
7Normanton74
8Wakefield South67
9Featherstone66
10Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61
11Crofton, Ryhill and Walton59

Which road in Foulby has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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