Crime Statistics for South Kirkby, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for South Kirkby in September 2024. There were a total of 83 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime37
Criminal Damage Arson14
Public Order9
Burglary7
Shoplifting6
Anti Social Behaviour4
Theft From The Person2
Other Theft2
Robbery1
Drugs1
All Crime83

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Moorthorpe (1.39 miles)335
Hemsworth (2.24 miles)158
South Elmsall (1.96 miles)146
Royd Moor (1.86 miles)87
Brierley (1.86 miles)83
South Kirkby68
Grimethorpe (1.96 miles)60
Moorhouse (2.48 miles)46
Great Houghton (2.56 miles)33
Sandhill (2.56 miles)28

8.21%
of South Elmsall and South Kirkby residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Moorthorpe150
Hemsworth64
South Elmsall61
Royd Moor39
South Kirkby37
Brierley23
Moorhouse22
Grimethorpe11
Great Houghton8
Sandhill5

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.

#WardScore
1Dearne North92
2Royston81
3South Elmsall and South Kirkby81
4Hemsworth79
5Darfield78
6Dearne South74
7Cudworth73
8Wombwell73
9North East68
10Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61
11Crofton, Ryhill and Walton59

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.

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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