Crime Statistics for Pledwick, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

There were a total of 66 street level crime incidents in Pledwick in February 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 Pledwick, 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	28
Anti Social Behaviour	9
Public Order	8
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Burglary	4
Drugs	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Shoplifting	3
Other Crime	1
All Crime	66

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 Pledwick. 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 Pledwick

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Portobello (1.24 miles)	125
Sandal (1.24 miles)	125
Kettlethorpe (0.62 miles)	83
Milnthorpe (0.62 miles)	72
Pledwick	66
Durkar (1.39 miles)	48
Newmillerdam (0.88 miles)	35
Hollingthorpe (1.39 miles)	27
Crigglestone (1.39 miles)	27
Chapelthorpe (1.39 miles)	27

Where are the most violent places near Pledwick?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Portobello	39
Sandal	39
Kettlethorpe	34
Pledwick	28
Milnthorpe	25
Durkar	18
Newmillerdam	17
Hollingthorpe	15
Crigglestone	15
Chapelthorpe	15

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

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 Pledwick 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 Pledwick compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Royston	81
2	Wakefield West	80
3	Wakefield East	80
4	Wakefield North	78
5	Normanton	74
6	Wakefield South	67
7	Featherstone	66
8	Ossett	63
9	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton	59
10	Horbury and South Ossett	51
11	Wakefield Rural	49

Which road in Pledwick has the highest level of crime?

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