Crime Rates at Savile Drive, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 6JP

Savile Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Horbury and South Ossett , and the 207th 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 Savile Drive (WF4 6JP) in the last 12 months was 178.7 per 1,000 residents and was 133.5% higher than the Horbury and South Ossett average (76.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 141.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Savile Drive (WF4 6JP), the main crime hotspot is near Ken Churchill Drive. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.