Crime Statistics for Fitzwilliam, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

There were a total of 50 street level crime incidents in Fitzwilliam in June 2024. 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 Fitzwilliam, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime23
Anti Social Behaviour12
Criminal Damage Arson5
Public Order3
Other Theft3
Vehicle Crime2
Burglary1
Shoplifting1
All Crime50

Map of street level crime incidents in June 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Fitzwilliam. 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 Fitzwilliam

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hemsworth (1.39 miles)118
Royd Moor (2.24 miles)77
Fitzwilliam50
Newstead (1.39 miles)49
High Ackworth (2.24 miles)44
Ryhill (1.96 miles)44
Low Ackworth (2.24 miles)44
Ackworth Moor Top (1.39 miles)39
Hessle (1.75 miles)39
Foulby (1.75 miles)18

4.58%
of Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Fitzwilliam?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hemsworth44
Royd Moor28
Fitzwilliam23
Newstead19
Ryhill19
High Ackworth16
Low Ackworth16
Hessle15
Ackworth Moor Top11
Foulby9

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

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 Fitzwilliam 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 Fitzwilliam compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Royston81
2South Elmsall and South Kirkby81
3Monk Bretton80
4Hemsworth79
5Darfield78
6Normanton74
7Cudworth73
8Wakefield South67
9Featherstone66
10Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61
11Crofton, Ryhill and Walton59

Which road in Fitzwilliam has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: June 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0



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