Crime Statistics for Painthorpe, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Painthorpe in August 2024. There were a total of 58 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 Painthorpe, 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	24
Public Order	11
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Other Theft	4
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Other Crime	2
Burglary	2
Robbery	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	58

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Kettlethorpe (0.88 miles)	145
Chapelthorpe	95
Durkar (1.24 miles)	81
Newmillerdam (0.62 miles)	73
Painthorpe	58
Hollingthorpe	58
Crigglestone	58
Hall Green	58
Calder Grove (0.88 miles)	43
Great Cliff (0.88 miles)	37

Where are the most violent places near Painthorpe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Kettlethorpe	73
Chapelthorpe	50
Durkar	41
Calder Grove	36
Newmillerdam	32
Painthorpe	24
Hollingthorpe	24
Crigglestone	24
Hall Green	24
Great Cliff	16

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

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 Painthorpe 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 Painthorpe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Royston	81
2	Wakefield West	80
3	Wakefield East	80
4	Wakefield North	78
5	Normanton	74
6	Wakefield South	67
7	Ossett	63
8	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton	59
9	Darton East	55
10	Horbury and South Ossett	51
11	Wakefield Rural	49

Which road in Painthorpe has the highest level of crime?

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