Crime Rates at Watling Road, Castleford, WF10 2QY

Watling Road area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 367th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watling Road (WF10 2QY) in the last 12 months was 125.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% 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 , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 88.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watling Road (WF10 2QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Derwent Drive, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langdale Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.