Total Crime Rate

235.4 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 235.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 162.5 10/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Pinewood Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 142nd 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 Pinewood Place (WF11 0QH) in the last 12 months was 235.4 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% higher 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 78 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 183.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pinewood Place (WF11 0QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kershaw Lane, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherry Tree Walk (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pinewood Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryedale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryedale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryedale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ryedale Avenue 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Hammond Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ryedale Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
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 2025Shoplifting Pinewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinewood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redwood Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ryedale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryedale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redmayne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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