Total Crime Rate

114.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

The Mount area has the 49th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 421st highest crime rate of 1,130 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 The Mount (WF10 3JN) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Mount (WF10 3JN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Square, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kershaw Avenue (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Mount area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Royds Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kershaw Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kershaw Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kershaw Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Birkhill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ruskin Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royds Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kirkdale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stansfield Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royds Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Church Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Mount
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Mount
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Square
Sep 2025Public order Park Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fryston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Graham Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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