South Elmsall & South Kirkby
WardSouth east Wakefield. About 19,624 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in South Elmsall & South Kirkby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Elmsall & South Kirkby compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Elmsall & South Kirkby safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Elmsall & South Kirkby at a rate of 115.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across Wakefield.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 191 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Elmsall & South Kirkby.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (950), other crime (418) and anti-social behaviour (204).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Wakefield
These figures are published for the whole of Wakefield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wakefield and not South Elmsall & South Kirkby alone. See Wakefield
South Elmsall & South Kirkby in brief
South Elmsall & South Kirkby had 18,860 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in South Elmsall & South Kirkby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Elmsall & South Kirkby, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South Elmsall & South Kirkby, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.