Total Crime Rate

79.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 79.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.6 5/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ferrybridge Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 526th lowest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ferrybridge Road (WF11 8JF) in the last 12 months was 79.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% lower than the Knottingley average (174.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferrybridge Road (WF11 8JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vale Avenue, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vale Head Grove (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ferrybridge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Vale Head Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North View —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North View —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Wharf Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Vale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime B6136 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B6136 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lyng Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Head Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rockwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holes Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pontefract Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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