Total Crime Rate

117.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.0 9/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Sheepwalk Lane area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton , and the 402nd 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 Sheepwalk Lane (WF9 1LY) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.3% higher than the Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton average (82.3 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. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 81.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheepwalk Lane (WF9 1LY), the main crime hotspot is near Clayton Avenue. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

Crime Over Time in Sheepwalk Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Clayton Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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