Crime in WF8 2JS
How much crime is recorded in WF8 2JS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Pontefract North East
- Council
- Wakefield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,428 (2024)
WF8 2JSPontefract
How safe is WF8 2JS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 28.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WF8 2JS area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of 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
It has fallen 21% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.