Crime Rates at Knottingley Road, Pontefract, WF8 2LB

Knottingley Road area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 430th lowest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knottingley Road (WF8 2LB) in the last 12 months was 63.8 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knottingley Road (WF8 2LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Knottingley Road, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near M62 (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.