Crime Statistics for Walton, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Walton, Wakefield

There were a total of 38 street level crime incidents in Walton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Burglary, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Burglary15
Violent Crime8
Criminal Damage Arson4
Public Order3
Vehicle Crime3
Anti Social Behaviour3
Other Theft1
Drugs1
All Crime38

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Walton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Walton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Belle Vue (1.39 miles)251
Agbrigg (1.39 miles)251
Heath Common (1.24 miles)167
Portobello (1.39 miles)166
Sandal (1.39 miles)166
Sandal Magna (0.88 miles)150
Milnthorpe (1.24 miles)91
Pledwick (1.39 miles)76
Walton38
Crofton (1.86 miles)18

11.03%
of Normanton (Wakefield) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Walton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Belle Vue77
Agbrigg77
Heath Common52
Sandal Magna46
Portobello42
Sandal42
Pledwick34
Milnthorpe30
Crofton11
Walton8

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

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 Walton 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 Walton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Walton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Walton is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Royston81
2Wakefield West80
3Wakefield East80
4Hemsworth79
5Wakefield North78
6Normanton74
7Wakefield South67
8Featherstone66
9Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61
10Crofton, Ryhill and Walton59
11Horbury and South Ossett51

Which road in Walton has the highest level of crime?

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

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