Wakefield South

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

Crime mix (annualised)

• violent crime858
• criminal damage arson174
• other theft150
• public order132
• anti social behaviour102
• burglary90

Other wards in Wakefield

• 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
• 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