Total Crime Rate
99.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hammond Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 468th 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 Hammond Road (WF11 0HJ) in the last 12 months was 99.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% lower than the Knottingley average (154.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 61.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hammond Road (WF11 0HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Vale Head Grove. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Knottingley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redmayne Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arnall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingram Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pontefract Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sycamore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirey Butt Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirey Butt Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirey Butt Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wedgewood Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirey Butt Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirey Butt Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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