Crime Statistics for Horbury Bridge, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Horbury Bridge, Wakefield

There were a total of 21 street level crime incidents in Horbury Bridge 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 Horbury Bridge, 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 Crime14
Vehicle Crime2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Burglary1
Shoplifting1
Other Theft1
All Crime21

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 Horbury Bridge. 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 Horbury Bridge

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

LocationCrime Incidents
South Ossett (1.24 miles)122
Shepherd Hill (1.86 miles)108
Horbury (0.88 miles)82
Durkar (1.86 miles)76
Horbury Junction (1.24 miles)67
Healey (1.39 miles)51
Netherton (0.88 miles)38
Great Cliff (1.39 miles)31
Calder Grove (1.39 miles)31
Horbury Bridge21

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 Horbury Bridge?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
South Ossett58
Shepherd Hill44
Horbury43
Durkar43
Horbury Junction35
Healey32
Netherton26
Great Cliff19
Calder Grove19
Horbury Bridge14

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

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 Horbury Bridge 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 Horbury Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Dewsbury East81
2Wakefield West80
3Wakefield East80
4Wakefield North78
5Batley East76
6Wakefield South67
7Ossett63
8Dewsbury South63
9Horbury and South Ossett51
10Wakefield Rural49
11Wrenthorpe and Outwood West49

Which road in Horbury Bridge has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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