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Crime in WF4 5BE

How much crime is recorded in WF4 5BE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Neighbourhood
Horbury
Council
Wakefield
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Neighbourhood population
1,338 (2024)
Crime

How safe is WF4 5BE

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 40.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WF4 5BE area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
40.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
89
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

WF4 5BENational
Violence and sexual offences35.323.6
Shoplifting17.48.4
Anti-social behaviour7.010.7
Other theft6.64.5
Public order6.24.6
Other crime5.51.5
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Burglary1.39.1
Drugs1.22.4
Theft from the person0.92.1
Robbery0.71.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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