Crime Statistics for Royd Moor, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Royd Moor in August 2024. There were a total of 68 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Royd Moor, 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
Shoplifting	14
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Burglary	6
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Theft	2
Other Crime	2
Drugs	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	68

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 Royd Moor. 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 Royd Moor

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

Location	Crime Incidents
South Elmsall (2.24 miles)	351
Moorthorpe (1.75 miles)	303
Hemsworth (1.24 miles)	111
Royd Moor	68
South Kirkby (1.86 miles)	59
Fitzwilliam (2.24 miles)	46
Ackworth Moor Top (1.96 miles)	37
High Ackworth (2.48 miles)	34
Low Ackworth (2.48 miles)	34
Badsworth (1.39 miles)	26

Where are the most violent places near Royd Moor?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Moorthorpe	133
South Elmsall	120
Hemsworth	48
South Kirkby	41
Fitzwilliam	28
Royd Moor	24
Ackworth Moor Top	15
High Ackworth	13
Badsworth	12
Low Ackworth	10

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

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 Royd Moor 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 Royd Moor compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Dearne North	92
2	Royston	81
3	South Elmsall and South Kirkby	81
4	Monk Bretton	80
5	Hemsworth	79
6	Darfield	78
7	Cudworth	73
8	North East	68
9	Featherstone	66
10	Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton	61
11	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton	59

Which road in Royd Moor has the highest level of crime?

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