Total Crime Rate

84.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 61.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.1 8/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Island area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Knottingley , and the 544th 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 The Island (WF11 9BQ) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 61.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Island (WF11 9BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Racca Green, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Island (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Island area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Racca Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Aire Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Racca Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Racca Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Racca Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Croft Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Croft Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Garden Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Garden Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aire Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Aire Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Racca Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Racca Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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