Total Crime Rate

117.9 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 117.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Drugs 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

Hammond Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 401st 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 Hammond Road (WF11 0HL) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% lower than the Knottingley average (174.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hammond Road (WF11 0HL), the main crime hotspot is near Vale Head Grove. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hammond Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pinewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mirey Butt Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mirey Butt Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mirey Butt Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hammond Road —
Sep 2025Public order Vale Head Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pontefract Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Kershaw Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kershaw Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kershaw Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kershaw Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Vale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redmayne Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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