Total Crime Rate
457.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bond Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 30th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bond Street (WF8 2JR) in the last 12 months was 457.5 per 1,000 residents and was 212.9% higher than the Pontefract North average (146.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 127.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bond Street (WF8 2JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fox Terrace (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pontefract North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Oak Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvest Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Atkinson Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Atkinson Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dandy Mill View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elm Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elizabethan Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fox Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fox Terrace | Under investigation |
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