Crime · Pontefract

Reported crime in Pontefract

Name: Pontefract crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

4,233 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 123 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

4,233

Rate / 1,000

123

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	1,885	45%
Anti social behaviour	537	13%
Shoplifting	362	9%
Public order	319	8%
Criminal damage and arson	304	7%
Other theft	190	4%
Vehicle crime	179	4%
Burglary	134	3%
Other crime	128	3%
Drugs	104	2%
Robbery	35	1%
Possession of weapons	26	1%
Theft from the person	22	1%
Bicycle theft	8	0%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	189	176	169	165	142	190	148	140	139	150	155	122	1885
Anti social behaviour	58	70	29	42	25	21	31	41	62	50	48	60	537
Shoplifting	31	37	19	29	34	21	16	22	41	37	36	39	362
Public order	38	30	38	27	25	23	22	16	27	24	31	18	319
Criminal damage and arson	30	40	18	29	20	24	18	20	29	26	18	32	304
Other theft	15	11	10	15	20	20	18	17	14	16	17	17	190
Vehicle crime	16	11	10	28	14	25	19	16	13	11	7	9	179
Burglary	18	5	9	6	12	10	11	22	8	9	13	11	134
Other crime	3	5	11	11	13	14	11	10	13	13	13	11	128
Drugs	12	2	5	7	8	10	7	8	12	11	12	10	104
Robbery		3	3	5	8	6	1	3	1	1	2	2	35
Possession of weapons		5	2	4		4	1	2	3	1	1	3	26
Theft from the person	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	6	1		22
Bicycle theft		1	1		1		1			1	1	2	8
Total	411	400	326	369	323	369	305	319	364	356	355	336	4233

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Pontefract, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 34,542.