Crime Rates at Paradise Fields, Pontefract, WF8 1ET

Paradise Fields area has the 49th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 540th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Paradise Fields (WF8 1ET) in the last 12 months was 85.5 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% lower than the Pontefract North average (146.2 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paradise Fields (WF8 1ET), the main crime hotspot is near Finkle Street. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.