Wakefield

Window: 2025-04 → 2026-03 · Source: data.police.uk recorded crimes · Population: ONS LSOA mid-year estimates · National band scale from England & Wales LAD distribution

Wards in Wakefield (21)

• Castleford Central and Glasshoughton

  Population 18,586
  201.1 /1,000High
• Knottingley

  Population 14,336
  172.7 /1,000High
• Wakefield West

  Population 14,126
  163.9 /1,000Moderate
• Featherstone

  Population 17,850
  134.2 /1,000Moderate
• Airedale and Ferry Fryston

  Population 16,657
  130.0 /1,000Moderate
• South Elmsall and South Kirkby

  Population 18,926
  127.7 /1,000Moderate
• Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

  Population 15,938
  124.2 /1,000Moderate
• Hemsworth

  Population 16,678
  123.0 /1,000Moderate
• Wakefield South

  Population 15,553
  119.2 /1,000Moderate
• Normanton

  Population 17,127
  99.1 /1,000Low
• Altofts and Whitwood

  Population 17,101
  96.8 /1,000Low
• Ossett

  Population 16,648
  81.5 /1,000Low
• Pontefract South

  Population 14,975
  75.3 /1,000Low
• Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton

  Population 17,732
  71.1 /1,000Low
• Horbury and South Ossett

  Population 15,491
  67.8 /1,000Low
• Wakefield Rural

  Population 17,844
  66.8 /1,000Low
• Stanley and Outwood East

  Population 18,218
  65.7 /1,000Low
• Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

  Population 15,356
  61.3 /1,000Very low
• Pontefract North

  Population 17,788
  0.0 /1,000Very low
• Wakefield East

  Population 16,535
  0.0 /1,000Very low
• Wakefield North

  Population 18,425
  0.0 /1,000Very low

Other LADs in Yorkshire and The Humber

• North East Lincolnshire

  Population 157,437
  132.7 /1,000Moderate
• Leeds

  Population 790,159
  127.9 /1,000Moderate
• Bradford

  Population 540,720
  106.8 /1,000Low
• Calderdale

  Population 212,025
  102.3 /1,000Low
• Doncaster

  Population 313,552
  96.7 /1,000Low
• Rotherham

  Population 264,911
  94.7 /1,000Low
• Kirklees

  Population 440,096
  85.7 /1,000Low
• Kingston upon Hull, City of

  Population 260,194
  85.1 /1,000Low
• Barnsley

  Population 247,148
  84.0 /1,000Low
• Sheffield

  Population 578,644
  83.9 /1,000Low
• York

  Population 211,173
  76.9 /1,000Low
• North Lincolnshire

  Population 173,477
  75.0 /1,000Low
• North Yorkshire

  Population 616,411
  53.6 /1,000Very low
• East Riding of Yorkshire

  Population 342,905
  39.7 /1,000Very low