Crime Rates at Mount Pleasant Street, Featherstone, Pontefract, WF7 6JW

Mount Pleasant Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Featherstone , and the 391st lowest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mount Pleasant Street (WF7 6JW) in the last 12 months was 59.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% lower than the Featherstone average (132.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 114.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant Street (WF7 6JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sycamore Way, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickinson Terrace (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.