Crime Statistics for Aire and Calder Navigation, Wakefield, North Yorkshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Aire and Calder Navigation in September 2024. There were a total of 268 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Aire and Calder Navigation, 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	120
Anti Social Behaviour	34
Vehicle Crime	28
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Public Order	20
Shoplifting	14
Other Theft	10
Other Crime	4
Drugs	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Robbery	2
Burglary	2
All Crime	268

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 Aire and Calder Navigation. 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 Aire and Calder Navigation

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Aire and Calder Navigation	253
Water Fryston (2.44 miles)	199
Knottingley (0.95 miles)	199
Byram (1.06 miles)	190
Brotherton (1.06 miles)	149
Ferrybridge (1.63 miles)	119
Fairburn (2.28 miles)	74
Poole (1.66 miles)	28
Kellingley (1.51 miles)	15
Beal (2.14 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Aire and Calder Navigation?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Aire and Calder Navigation	120
Knottingley	85
Byram	68
Brotherton	67
Water Fryston	63
Ferrybridge	40
Fairburn	28
Poole	13
Kellingley	8
Beal	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Aire and Calder Navigation?

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 Aire and Calder Navigation 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 Aire and Calder Navigation compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Aire and Calder Navigation and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Aire and Calder Navigation have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Eggborough.

#	Ward	Score
1	Knottingley	90
2	Castleford Central and Glasshoughton	83
3	Pontefract South	76
4	Pontefract North	75
5	Airedale and Ferry Fryston	73
6	Altofts and Whitwood	63
7	Byram & Brotherton	38
8	Monk Fryston	27
9	Sherburn in Elmet	25
10	South Milford	21
11	Eggborough	20

Which road in Aire and Calder Navigation has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Aire and Calder Navigation with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.