Total Crime Rate

95.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Other theft 20.8 10/10
  • Other crime 12.5 10/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Burntwood Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in South Elmsall and South Kirkby , and the 505th highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Burntwood Drive (WF9 3RQ) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% lower than the South Elmsall and South Kirkby average (141.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 53.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burntwood Drive (WF9 3RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Avenue, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Estate (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In South Elmsall and South Kirkby

Crime Over Time in Burntwood Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Estate Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stockingate Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burntwood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burntwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burntwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Park Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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