Crime Statistics for Healey, Wakefield, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

There were a total of 61 street level crime incidents in Healey in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Healey, 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	32
Other Theft	6
Public Order	6
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Crime	3
Shoplifting	2
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	61

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Healey. 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 Healey

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Earlsheaton (1.75 miles)	308
Chickenley (1.39 miles)	199
Shepherd Hill (0.88 miles)	124
South Ossett (0.62 miles)	110
Calder and Hebble Navigation (1.22 miles)	99
Combs (1.86 miles)	87
Horbury (1.39 miles)	86
Healey	61
Netherton (1.86 miles)	28
Horbury Bridge (1.39 miles)	24

Where are the most violent places near Healey?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Earlsheaton	129
Chickenley	77
Shepherd Hill	60
South Ossett	56
Calder and Hebble Navigation	50
Horbury	47
Combs	42
Healey	32
Netherton	14
Horbury Bridge	11

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

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 Healey 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 Healey compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Healey and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Healey is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dewsbury West	89
2	Batley West	88
3	Dewsbury East	81
4	Heckmondwike	81
5	Wakefield West	80
6	Wakefield North	78
7	Batley East	76
8	Ossett	63
9	Dewsbury South	63
10	Horbury and South Ossett	51
11	Wrenthorpe and Outwood West	49

Which road in Healey has the highest level of crime?

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