Crime Rates at Wheldon Road, Castleford, WF10 2PP

Wheldon Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 500th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wheldon Road (WF10 2PP) in the last 12 months was 93.1 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% lower than the Airedale and Ferry Fryston average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheldon Road (WF10 2PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stansfield Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Liberty Square (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.