Total Crime Rate
144.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fisher Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 297th 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 Fisher Street (WF11 8HU) in the last 12 months was 144.9 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fisher Street (WF11 8HU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 21 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chiltern Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holes Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holes Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holes Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holes Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forge Hill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forge Hill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Forge Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Forge Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Forge Hill Lane | Under investigation |
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