Total Crime Rate

290.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 290.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 126.2 10/10
  • Other theft 31.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.4 10/10
  • Public order 19.1 9/10
  • Other crime 16.7 10/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hemsworth Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in South Elmsall and South Kirkby , and the 97th highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Hemsworth Road (WF9 4DG) in the last 12 months was 290.5 per 1,000 residents and was 104.8% higher 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -38.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 150.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Hemsworth Road area

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Data Sources

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