Crime Rates at Keats Close, Pontefract, WF8 1SP

Keats Close area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 447th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Keats Close (WF8 1SP) in the last 12 months was 108.3 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% lower than the Pontefract North average (146.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keats Close (WF8 1SP), the main crime hotspot is near Monkhill Drive. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.