Crap Towns / Knottingley / Crime

How much crime is there in Knottingley?

The police recorded 155 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Knottingley from September 2023 to August 2026, 2.0 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 68.9. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 144, down from 148 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	148	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	173	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	144	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	68.9	34.1
Shoplifting	18.7	7.1
Criminal damage and arson	14.3	7.0
Vehicle crime	12.6	3.8
Public order	12.0	6.6
Other theft	11.6	5.4
Burglary	6.2	3.1
Other crime	4.7	2.0
Drugs	2.8	2.4
Possession of weapons	1.2	0.8
Robbery	1.0	0.6
Theft from the person	0.8	0.4
Bicycle theft	0.6	0.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Knottingley	–	155
Askern	11.7 km	146
Castleford	6.0 km	138
Featherstone	7.5 km	113
Pontefract	3.9 km	111
Normanton	10.5 km	85.7
Upton	9.7 km	76.5
Allerton Bywater	10.8 km	64.6
Ackworth Moor Top	8.9 km	56.6
Kippax	10.9 km	54.3
Sherburn in Elmet	10.0 km	46.3
The typical town	–	76.2