Total Crime Rate
224.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
171.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vale Head Grove area has the 10th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 139th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vale Head Grove (WF11 8JL) in the last 12 months was 224.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.3% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 171.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vale Head Grove (WF11 8JL), the main crime hotspot is near Vale Head Grove. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 20 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 | Mirey Butt Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirey Butt Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirey Butt Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redmayne Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirey Butt Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mirey Butt Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pontefract Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingram Crescent | Under investigation |
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