Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

England · E14001428

13,785 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
13,785
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
5,773 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

1,439/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling5,77341.9%
Anti-social behaviourfalling1,59411.6%
Shopliftingfalling1,0297.5%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling1,0037.3%
Public orderfalling9927.2%
Vehicle crimerising9386.8%
Other theftfalling9316.8%
Burglaryfalling4963.6%
Other crimerising4363.2%
Drugsfalling2782.0%
Robberyrising1140.8%
Possession of weaponsfalling940.7%
Theft from the personfalling600.4%
Bicycle theftfalling470.3%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.