Crime Rates at Hardwick Crescent, Pontefract, WF8 3RB

Hardwick Crescent area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 14th lowest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hardwick Crescent (WF8 3RB) in the last 12 months was 7.0 per 1,000 residents and was 95.2% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hardwick Crescent (WF8 3RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sides Road, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bluebell Walk (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.