Crime Statistics for Pontefract, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

There were a total of 231 street level crime incidents in Pontefract 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 Pontefract, 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	101
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Public Order	21
Shoplifting	20
Criminal Damage Arson	19
Other Theft	13
Burglary	12
Drugs	9
Vehicle Crime	6
Other Crime	5
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	231

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 Pontefract. 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 Pontefract

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Red Hill (2.56 miles)	316
Monkhill (0.62 miles)	266
Pontefract	231
Airedale (2.48 miles)	162
Featherstone (1.96 miles)	135
Strawberry Hill (1.86 miles)	104
Ferrybridge (2.24 miles)	92
Ackton (2.48 miles)	73
Chequerfield (0.88 miles)	61
Carleton (0.88 miles)	61

Where are the most violent places near Pontefract?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Red Hill	116
Monkhill	115
Pontefract	101
Airedale	69
Featherstone	56
Strawberry Hill	53
Chequerfield	36
Carleton	36
Ferrybridge	28
Ackton	24

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

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 Pontefract 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 Pontefract compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Pontefract and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Pontefract is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Knottingley	90
2	Castleford Central and Glasshoughton	83
3	Hemsworth	79
4	Pontefract South	76
5	Pontefract North	75
6	Airedale and Ferry Fryston	73
7	Featherstone	66
8	Altofts and Whitwood	63
9	Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton	61
10	Byram & Brotherton	38
11	Monk Fryston	27

Which road in Pontefract has the highest level of crime?

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