Total Crime Rate

331.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

194.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 331.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 194.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 162.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.9 10/10
  • Public order 26.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 26.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.0 10/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Robbery 6.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Pontefract Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Featherstone , and the 66th 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 Pontefract Road (WF7 5HG) in the last 12 months was 331.2 per 1,000 residents and was 157.3% higher than the Featherstone average (128.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 194.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pontefract Road (WF7 5HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whiteley Street, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moor Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pontefract Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/40)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Macauley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nunns View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whiteley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whiteley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whiteley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whiteley Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whiteley Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whiteley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whiteley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whiteley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whiteley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whiteley Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Oxford Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nunn'S Lane —
Apr 2026Burglary Nunn'S Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Post Office Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mews Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Whiteley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Whiteley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Granville Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Maxwell Street Local resolution
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Data Sources

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