Total Crime Rate
66.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Common Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in South Elmsall and South Kirkby , and the 450th 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 Common Road (WF9 3EA) in the last 12 months was 66.3 per 1,000 residents and was 47.5% lower than the South Elmsall and South Kirkby average (126.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Common Road (WF9 3EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millars Walk, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marion Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Elmsall and South Kirkby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millars Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millars Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmsley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Buckley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Millars Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Millars Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millars Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millars Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millars Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Leys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
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