Total Crime Rate
7.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wakefield Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 98 local areas in Ings , and the 5th lowest crime rate of 825 local areas in Kingston upon Hull, City of .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wakefield Avenue (HU9 4RD) in the last 12 months was 7.2 per 1,000 residents and was 93.0% lower than the Ings average (102.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wakefield Avenue (HU9 4RD), the main crime hotspot is near Hornby Grove. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Marfleet| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welbury Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kyffin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fremantle Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fremantle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ravenser Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ravenser Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornby Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hornby Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welbury Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arthur Lucan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swanfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swanfield Road | Under investigation |
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