Total Crime Rate

143.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 143.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.1 10/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Common Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton , and the 319th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Common Road (WF9 5JP) in the last 12 months was 143.9 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 70.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Common Road (WF9 5JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Common Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brownhill Crescent (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Common Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chantry Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownhill Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Farm Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newstead Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Green Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft West Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Common Road —
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Data Sources

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