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Welcome to the Wakefield Neighbourhood Policing HomepageIndex...(Please click on your nearest town/village)
Divisional Commander : Chief Superintendent Marc Callaghan To view this video content you need the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player. Download the free Flash Player now. You can contact the police at any time by telephone. Telephone 999 in an emergency where there is a danger to life, or a crime is in progress. Telephone 0845 6060606 for non-emergencies where police attendance is required, to report a crime or to report any other incidents. Wood Street - Divisional Headquarters Wakefield WF1 2HJ Open 24 hours - 7 days a week Full disabled access 01924 293259 Pontefract Sessions House Yard Pontefract WF8 1BN Open 7 days a week 7am to midnight Full disabled access 01977 601059 Castleford Jessop Street Castleford WF10 1DQ Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm (closed between 12:30 and 1:30pm ) Full disabled access 01924 206216 Read about Castleford Police Station - the oldest operational police station in the country. South Kirkby Stockingate South Kirkby Monday to Saturday - 8am to 6pm (closed 1pm to 2pm) Full disabled access 01977 601077 Divisional Profile Home of the famous liquorice Pontefract cakes, the Wakefield District Division follows the merger of Wakefield and Pontefract Divisions on April 23, 2001. The division includes the city of Wakefield and major towns of Pontefract, Castleford, South Kirkby, South Elmsall, Ossett, Hemsworth and Normanton. More than 310,000 people live in the division, which has always historically had Wakefield as it's administrative centre. The area is 130 square miles and has an ethnic minority population of about 2%. The division has excellent motorway links, intersecting the M1 and M62, and the Westgate railway station links to the mainline routes, both north and southbound. There are three main retail parks, Freeport at Castleford and the Ridings Shopping Centre and Cathedral Retail Park in Wakefield. Tourist attractions include Pugneys Country Park and Wintersett Reservoir, Wakefield Cathedral, the Nostell Priory, The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The National Coal Mining Museum, Xscape, Pontefract and Sandal Castles The division also contains two prisons, a women's prison at Newhall and a maximum security prison in Wakefield. Sport features strongly in the area with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Featherstone Rovers and Castleford Tigers Rugby League grounds together with Leeds United Reserves and Emley Town football clubs West Yorkshire Police Headquarters and the Force Training and Development Centre at Bishopgarth are also based within the Division. |
Monthly Message
I am Chief Superintendent Marc Callaghan, the Commander of Wakefield Division and I am delighted to welcome you to the Wakefield Neighbourhood Policing web page. I am fully committed to delivering an excellent Policing service across the whole of Wakefield District. Last March saw the launch of the Policing pledge. This has been widely publicised at both local and national level, but I really want to stress to you that it really is an important change in the way that we Police. In the past 12 months the courts in Wakefield have taken £315,000 off local criminals. Some of that money comes back to Wakefield Police and is used to tackle local problems and keep communities safe. To see further information about the most recent seizures please log onto the Wakefield Express crime file webpage and click the “why should they link”. I am determined to raise your confidence in what we do. I want you to know that if you need to contact us that you will receive an excellent service that is personal to you and based upon your individual needs. If we fall short of this promise then please let me know so that I can deal with the matter and we can learn from the experience. Last, but not least recorded crime in Wakefield continues to fall and I am immensely proud of our achievements so far. However we will not sit on our laurels. I am interested to hear from anyone who can help in the fight against crime whatever form that might take. If you have any information that may help you can contact your local Neighbourhood Policing team who will be happy to take your call or crime stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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