Total Crime Rate
367.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
191.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Parade area has the 10th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 54th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around South Parade (WF1 1LR) in the last 12 months was 367.7 per 1,000 residents and was 447.7% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 191.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Parade (WF1 1LR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 244 crimes here, including 84 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 | Other theft | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Teall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Parade Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Parade Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Parade Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Parade Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | West Parade Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Westmorland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Westmorland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westmorland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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