Total Crime Rate
95.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fairfield Avenue area has the 47th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 506th highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Fairfield Avenue (WF8 4DY) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairfield Avenue (WF8 4DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linden Terrace, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wakefield Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pontefract North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westbourne Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Armstrong Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Love Lane Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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