Total Crime Rate
3470.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2156.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Smyth Street area has the highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Smyth Street (WF1 1ED) in the last 12 months was 3470.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5070.0% higher than the Stanley and Outwood East average (67.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 185 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 220 (≈ 2156.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Smyth Street (WF1 1ED), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 193 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barstow Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albion Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliff Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barstow Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barstow Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wood Street | Under investigation |
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