Crime Statistics for Water Fryston, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Water Fryston, Wakefield

There were a total of 118 street level crime incidents in Water Fryston in January 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 Water Fryston, 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 Crime60
Anti Social Behaviour15
Criminal Damage Arson8
Burglary7
Other Crime6
Drugs5
Shoplifting5
Other Theft4
Public Order4
Vehicle Crime2
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime118

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 Water Fryston. 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 Water Fryston

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Red Hill (1.39 miles)313
Airedale (0.88 miles)185
Water Fryston118
Ferrybridge (1.39 miles)101
New Fryston (0.88 miles)80
Byram (1.39 miles)71
Brotherton (1.39 miles)71
Aire (0.75 miles)47
Fairburn (0.88 miles)31
Poole (1.96 miles)14

6.24%
of Airedale and Ferry Fryston residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Water Fryston?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Red Hill93
Airedale73
Water Fryston60
New Fryston42
Ferrybridge34
Byram26
Brotherton26
Aire26
Fairburn17
Poole4

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

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 Water Fryston 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 Water Fryston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Knottingley90
2Castleford Central and Glasshoughton83
3Pontefract South76
4Pontefract North75
5Airedale and Ferry Fryston73
6Altofts and Whitwood63
7Kippax & Methley50
8Byram & Brotherton38
9Monk Fryston27
10Sherburn in Elmet25
11South Milford21

Which road in Water Fryston has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Water Fryston 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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