Crime Statistics for South Kirkby, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

There were a total of 73 street level crime incidents in South Kirkby 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 South Kirkby, 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	30
Shoplifting	17
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Other Theft	5
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Other Crime	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Drugs	2
Burglary	2
Public Order	1
All Crime	73

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 South Kirkby. 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 South Kirkby

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Moorthorpe (1.39 miles)	232
South Elmsall (1.96 miles)	200
Hemsworth (2.24 miles)	86
South Kirkby	73
Brierley (1.86 miles)	67
Moorhouse (2.48 miles)	58
Grimethorpe (1.96 miles)	57
Royd Moor (1.86 miles)	57
Great Houghton (2.56 miles)	29
Sandhill (2.56 miles)	29

Where are the most violent places near South Kirkby?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Moorthorpe	78
South Elmsall	67
Hemsworth	35
South Kirkby	30
Royd Moor	25
Moorhouse	24
Brierley	16
Grimethorpe	13
Great Houghton	8
Sandhill	8

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

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 South Kirkby 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 South Kirkby compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to South Kirkby and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. South Kirkby is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dearne North	92
2	Royston	81
3	South Elmsall and South Kirkby	81
4	Hemsworth	79
5	Darfield	78
6	Dearne South	74
7	Cudworth	73
8	Wombwell	73
9	North East	68
10	Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton	61
11	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton	59

Which road in South Kirkby has the highest level of crime?

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