Crime Statistics for Horbury Junction, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Horbury Junction, Wakefield

There were a total of 67 street level crime incidents in Horbury Junction in January 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 Horbury Junction, 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 Crime35
Anti Social Behaviour7
Criminal Damage Arson6
Other Theft6
Vehicle Crime4
Other Crime3
Burglary2
Shoplifting2
Public Order2
All Crime67

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 Junction. 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 Junction

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Kettlethorpe (1.39 miles)105
Horbury (0.88 miles)82
Durkar (0.62 miles)76
Horbury Junction67
Hollingthorpe (1.39 miles)44
Crigglestone (1.39 miles)44
Chapelthorpe (1.39 miles)44
Great Cliff (0.62 miles)31
Calder Grove (0.62 miles)31
Horbury Bridge (1.24 miles)21

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 Junction?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Kettlethorpe52
Horbury43
Durkar43
Horbury Junction35
Hollingthorpe29
Crigglestone29
Chapelthorpe29
Great Cliff19
Calder Grove19
Horbury Bridge14

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

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 Junction 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 Junction compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Dewsbury East81
2Wakefield West80
3Wakefield East80
4Wakefield North78
5Normanton74
6Wakefield South67
7Ossett63
8Dewsbury South63
9Horbury and South Ossett51
10Wakefield Rural49
11Wrenthorpe and Outwood West49

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

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Horbury Junction 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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