Crime Rates at Banks Mount, Pontefract, WF8 4DN

Banks Mount area has the 26th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Banks Mount (WF8 4DN) in the last 12 months was 152.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Banks Mount (WF8 4DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Street, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.