Crime Statistics for Newton Hill, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

There were a total of 478 street level crime incidents in Newton Hill in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Newton Hill, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	190
Shoplifting	60
Public Order	47
Anti Social Behaviour	38
Other Theft	34
Criminal Damage Arson	33
Burglary	19
Drugs	14
Robbery	10
Theft From The Person	10
Other Crime	10
Vehicle Crime	8
Possession Of Weapons	3
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	478

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 Newton Hill. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Newton Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newton Hill	478
Alverthorpe (1.39 miles)	394
Agbrigg (1.96 miles)	193
Calder (1.75 miles)	172
Lofthouse Gate (1.24 miles)	97
Lofthouse (1.86 miles)	69
Lawns (1.75 miles)	51
Carr Gate (1.75 miles)	51
Bottom Boat (1.75 miles)	31
Beck Bottom (1.96 miles)	27

Where are the most violent places near Newton Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newton Hill	190
Alverthorpe	144
Calder	83
Agbrigg	74
Lofthouse Gate	49
Lofthouse	31
Lawns	22
Carr Gate	22
Bottom Boat	20
Beck Bottom	10

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

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 Newton Hill 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 Newton Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Newton Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Newton Hill have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Wrenthorpe and Outwood West.

#	Ward	Score
1	Wakefield West	80
2	Wakefield East	80
3	Wakefield North	78
4	Batley East	76
5	Normanton	74
6	Wakefield South	67
7	Featherstone	66
8	Ardsley & Robin Hood	62
9	Horbury and South Ossett	51
10	Stanley and Outwood East	50
11	Wrenthorpe and Outwood West	49

Which road in Newton Hill has the highest level of crime?

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