Total Crime Rate
146.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chequerfield Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 312th 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 Chequerfield Road (WF8 2BJ) in the last 12 months was 146.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chequerfield Road (WF8 2BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Rise, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pontefract North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chequerfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookhill Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rookhill Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chequerfield Road | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookhill Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookhill Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chequerfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chequerfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chequerfield Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Rise | Under investigation |
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