Crime Rates at Button Park, Pontefract, WF8 4HT

Button Park area has the highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Button Park (WF8 4HT) in the last 12 months was 2516.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1621.6% 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 275 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 24.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -18.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 382 (≈ 1067.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Button Park (WF8 4HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Valley Road, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crown And Anchor Yard (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.