Horbury & South Ossett ward · Wakefield. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 19.4% here, compared with 24.4% across Wakefield (5 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 65 or over: 23.2% here, compared with 18.8% across Wakefield (4.3 percentage points higher).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 17% here, compared with 22% across Wakefield (4.3 percentage points lower).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Horbury & South Ossett ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
1,039 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 1,115 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Horbury & South Ossett ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 128 mapped crimes in September 2024; 98 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Horbury & South Ossett
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
128
12
October 2024
77
10
November 2024
92
4
December 2024
103
4
January 2025
78
3
February 2025
79
2
March 2025
82
4
April 2025
114
16
May 2025
112
11
June 2025
92
14
July 2025
77
5
August 2025
81
8
September 2025
80
2
October 2025
83
8
November 2025
85
11
December 2025
88
3
January 2026
83
2
February 2026
85
6
March 2026
93
10
April 2026
93
6
May 2026
101
16
June 2026
79
20
July 2026
71
8
August 2026
98
10
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Horbury & South Ossett
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
540
public order
107
criminal damage arson
88
other theft
76
vehicle crime
62
other crime
59
shoplifting
42
burglary
36
drugs
12
possession of weapons
11
theft from the person
3
robbery
2
bicycle theft
1
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
