Total Crime Rate

58.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

22.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 58.3 6/10
  • Violent crimes 22.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.7 4/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Mount Farm area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Crofton, Ryhill and Walton , and the 375th lowest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Mount Farm (WF4 2LD) in the last 12 months was 58.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% lower than the Crofton, Ryhill and Walton average (61.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Mount Farm (WF4 2LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Court Yard, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Mount Farm area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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