Total Crime Rate

193.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 193.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 77.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.5 8/10
  • Public order 24.9 10/10
  • Other theft 18.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Weeland Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 188th 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 Weeland Road (WF11 8AQ) in the last 12 months was 193.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% higher than the Knottingley average (174.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 65.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Weeland Road (WF11 8AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morley Avenue, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croftlands (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Weeland Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gillann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chapel Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Gillann Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morley Avenue Further action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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