Total Crime Rate

141.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.8 10/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ken Churchill Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Horbury and South Ossett , and the 327th highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Ken Churchill Drive (WF4 6JX) in the last 12 months was 141.1 per 1,000 residents and was 82.3% higher than the Horbury and South Ossett average (77.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 109.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ken Churchill Drive (WF4 6JX), the main crime hotspot is near Ken Churchill Drive. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ken Churchill Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ken Churchill Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ken Churchill Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leeke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gervase Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gaskell Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime John Carr Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft John Carr Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft John Carr Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary John Carr Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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