Crime in WF7 6FF
How much crime is recorded in WF7 6FF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Streethouse & Sharlston Common
- Council
- Wakefield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,458 (2024)
WF7 6FFPontefract
How safe is WF7 6FF
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 48.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WF7 6FF area, well above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
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).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.