Total Crime Rate

471.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 471.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 132.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 75.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.9 10/10
  • Public order 46.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.7 10/10
  • Burglary 38.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.5 10/10
  • Other theft 18.3 9/10
  • Other crime 10.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.1 9/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Savile Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 36th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Savile Road (WF10 1PB) in the last 12 months was 471.5 per 1,000 residents and was 311.0% higher than the Airedale and Ferry Fryston average (114.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -59.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 182.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Savile Road (WF10 1PB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Savile Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/55)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradley Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft St Oswald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour William Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Wesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Wesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Wesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Wesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences William Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Welbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Welbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences William Street Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Oswald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Oswald Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Oswald Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castleford Bus Station —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castleford Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castleford Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Water View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castleford Bus Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Welbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Back Wesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sagar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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