Photo: Jeff Gogarty · CC BY-SA 2.0Compared with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Hall Green has more crime per resident than nine in ten them
The yearly rates were 39.2 violent and sexual offences and 11.6 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 residents. Violent crime barely moved in a year. It has more violent crime than 83% of UK towns, and more burglary, vehicle crime and damage than 64%.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Hall Green
More crime than many places its size
Of 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Hall Green has the 492nd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Aberfan, Sherburn and St Dennis, higher than Bettws, Llanfoist and Craven Arms. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Hall Green: C− for safety, and why
A fairly firm grade. Built on 351 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Hall Green against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
Set against 550 towns its size, Hall Green is 492nd
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 88 | Shelley West Yorkshire | 2,696 | 12.7 | 5.7 | 3.1 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 99 | Shepley West Yorkshire | 2,515 | 11.7 | 7.3 | 1.9 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 161 | Scholes (Leeds) West Yorkshire | 2,270 | 13.5 | 9 | 2.6 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 165 | Collingham West Yorkshire | 2,362 | 15.1 | 7.5 | 5.2 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 489 | Bettws Mid Glamorgan | 2,237 | 44 | 6.4 | 3.9 | C− |
| 490 | Llanfoist Gwent | 2,007 | 36.2 | 14.3 | 31.9 | C− |
| 491 | Craven Arms Shropshire | 2,563 | 42.4 | 8.3 | 9.6 | C− |
| 492 | Hall Green West Yorkshire | 2,307 | 39.2 | 11.6 | 4.5 | C− |
| 493 | Broughton Lancashire | 2,468 | 31.1 | 20.4 | 9.1 | C− |
| 494 | Park Street and Frogmore Hertfordshire | 2,256 | 32.4 | 19.2 | 60 | C− |
| 495 | Hendreforgan Mid Glamorgan | 2,445 | 43.6 | 8.5 | 6.8 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 550 | Avonmouth Bristol | 2,643 | 82.9 | 54.6 | 60.4 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Hall Green, and others in West Yorkshire.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Hall Green runs highest on violence & sexual offences (38.1 per 1,000 against 16.6), public order (5.2 per 1,000 against 2.4) and other theft (4.8 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 88 | 38.1 | 16.6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 15 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 12 | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 12 | 5.2 | 2.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 11 | 4.8 | 2.5 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 7 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 6 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Crime in Hall Green per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 11 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 5 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 72% of Hall Green’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 13% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (70% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 5% of violent and 0% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 115 crimes.
Violent crime held steady over the year
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -3% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -4% (towns its size +0%).
No one died in a collision on Hall Green’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 7 collisions with injuries inside Hall Green in five years. 2 people were killed or seriously injured: 2 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Hall Green is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Hall Green’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Hall Green had 2.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Hall Green’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Hall Green
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Green | 2,307 | 39.2 | 11.6 | C− |
| Crigglestone and Durkar | 6,672 | 31.4 | 10.6 | C |
| Horbury | 9,868 | 47.3 | 15.3 | D |
| Netherton (Wakefield) | 2,331 | 18.5 | 7.3 | B+ |
| Walton | 3,266 | 18.3 | 8.6 | B |
| Darton | 15,016 | 25.6 | 12.2 | C+ |
| Middlestown and Overton | 2,409 | 27.1 | 9.1 | C+ |
| Wakefield | 97,871 | 69.2 | 22.9 | D− |
Hall Green records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Horbury and Wakefield record more. Crigglestone and Durkar, 0.8 miles away, records 31.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Hall Green’s 39.2.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Hall Green sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Hall Green
Is Hall Green safe?
Police recorded 39.2 violent and sexual offences and 11.6 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Hall Green’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 21% of UK towns. Among 550 UK towns of 2,000 to 3,000 people, Hall Green is 492nd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Hall Green?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft rose 33% and anti-social behaviour rose 114%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Hall Green?
Violence & sexual offences: 88 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came criminal damage & arson (12) and public order (12), with 15 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Hall Green compare with Wakefield?
Wakefield records 69.2 violent and sexual offences and 22.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Hall Green’s 39.2 and 11.6, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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