Total Crime Rate

229.3 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 229.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 108.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.0 8/10
  • Burglary 19.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Simpsons Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 148th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Simpsons Lane (WF11 0HD) in the last 12 months was 229.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.4% higher than the Knottingley average (174.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Simpsons Lane (WF11 0HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mulberry Close, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mirey Butt Lane (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Simpsons Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mirey Butt Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pineberry Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mulberry Close —
Sep 2025Public order Plowes Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotterill Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mirey Butt Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mirey Butt Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hammond Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cotterill Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redmayne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodville Way —
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Data Sources

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