Crime Rate in Wakefield West, ward

Wakefield West has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Wakefield district and the 542nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 46th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wakefield West in the last 12 months was 160.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% higher than the Wakefield district average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wakefield West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,233 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 16 cases , down -11.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 31.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -34.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,501 (≈ 85.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wakefield West ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 175 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Roundwood Rise (48 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.