Total Crime Rate

108.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cranbrook Way 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 Cranbrook Way (WF8 2UT) 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 Cranbrook Way (WF8 2UT), the main crime hotspot is near Keats Close. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cranbrook Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Beech Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Waterfall Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cavendish Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Keats Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Approach —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monkhill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monkhill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monkhill Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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