Crime Statistics for Moorthorpe, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Moorthorpe in September 2024. There were a total of 349 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Moorthorpe, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	150
Public Order	44
Criminal Damage Arson	42
Anti Social Behaviour	38
Burglary	16
Other Theft	12
Shoplifting	12
Vehicle Crime	10
Drugs	6
Possession Of Weapons	6
Robbery	6
Other Crime	5
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	349

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Moorthorpe. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Moorthorpe

We've taken the ten nearest places to Moorthorpe and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Moorthorpe has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Moorthorpe	335
South Elmsall (0.62 miles)	146
Hemsworth (2.77 miles)	111
Royd Moor (1.75 miles)	87
South Kirkby (1.39 miles)	68
Brierley (3.16 miles)	66
Moorhouse (1.39 miles)	46
Badsworth (1.86 miles)	26
Hooton Pagnell (2.24 miles)	1
Hampole (2.55 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Moorthorpe?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Moorthorpe and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Moorthorpe	150
South Elmsall	61
Hemsworth	55
Royd Moor	39
South Kirkby	37
Brierley	29
Moorhouse	22
Badsworth	12
Hooton Pagnell	0
Hampole	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Moorthorpe?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Moorthorpe to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Moorthorpe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Moorthorpe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Moorthorpe is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dearne North	92
2	Adwick le Street & Carcroft	82
3	South Elmsall and South Kirkby	81
4	Hemsworth	79
5	Darfield	78
6	Dearne South	74
7	Cudworth	73
8	North East	68
9	Roman Ridge	68
10	Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton	61
11	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton	59

Which road in Moorthorpe has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Moorthorpe with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Carlton Road.