Total Crime Rate
168.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Throstle Row area has the 14th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 236th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Throstle Row (WF11 0LX) in the last 12 months was 168.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 107.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Throstle Row (WF11 0LX), the main crime hotspot is near Ennerdale Drive. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 45 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 | Garsdale Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lowswater Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garsdale Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garsdale Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ennerdale Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ennerdale Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ennerdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ennerdale Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ennerdale Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ennerdale Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplar Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ennerdale Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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