Crime Rates at Fairfax Drive, Pontefract, WF8 1NU

Fairfax Drive 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 Fairfax Drive (WF8 1NU) 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 Fairfax Drive (WF8 1NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Horse Fair, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Monkhill Drive (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.