Crime recorded in High Ackworth, and why it isn’t graded
Crimes police recorded inside High Ackworth’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are shown here, without a Safety Grade. With under 1,000 residents, High Ackworth is too small to grade: a few incidents would move its rate a long way. Out of every 1,000 residents, 24.3 violent and sexual offences and 9.9 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually.
Violent crime
24.3
per 1,000 residents a year · graded
Homes & vehicles
9.9
burglary, vehicle crime, damage · graded
Shoplifting & theft
4.1
per 1,000 a year · not graded
Anti-social behaviour
1.4
reports per 1,000 a year · not graded
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Violence & sexual offences29.6
Drugs9.4
Other theft8.1
Public order6.7
Burglary6.7
Criminal damage & arson4
Vehicle crime4
Other crime4
Possession of weapons2.7
Anti-social behaviour1.3
Shoplifting0
Bicycle theft0
Robbery0
Theft from the person0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Against the typical town its size, High Ackworth runs highest on violence & sexual offences (29.6 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
22
29.6
16.6
Drugs
not graded
7
9.4
0.6
Other theft
not graded
6
8.1
2.5
Public order
not graded
5
6.7
2.4
Burglary
Home & vehicle
5
6.7
1.6
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
3
4
3.2
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
3
4
1.5
Other crime
not graded
3
4
1.1
Possession of weapons
Violent
2
2.7
0
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
1
1.3
5.3
Shoplifting
not graded
0
0
0
Bicycle theft
not graded
0
0
0
Robbery
Violent
0
0
0
Theft from the person
not graded
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.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
11
homes & vehicles
6
shoplifting & theft
55
of the three, per 1,000
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 15 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Trend · monthly
24 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 19 the year before
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
High AckworthUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
High AckworthUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
“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).
Neighbours
Crime in the places around High Ackworth
Ackworth Moor TopFeatherstonePontefractFitzwilliam and KinsleyDarringtonStreethouseSharlstonHigh Ackworth
High Ackworth records less graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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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 High Ackworth sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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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 High Ackworth
Is High Ackworth safe?
Police recorded 24.3 violent and sexual offences and 9.9 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside High Ackworth’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in High Ackworth?
Police recorded 24 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 19 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in High Ackworth?
Violence & sexual offences: 22 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came drugs (7) and other theft (6), with 1 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does High Ackworth compare with Castleford?
Castleford records 61.7 violent and sexual offences and 27.1 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against High Ackworth’s 24.3 and 9.9, 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) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0