Total Crime Rate

286.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 286.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 71.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Public order 29.0 10/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Robbery 15.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grove Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 100th highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Grove Road (WF1 1NP) in the last 12 months was 286.3 per 1,000 residents and was 283.4% higher than the Stanley and Outwood East average (74.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -56.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 106.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Road (WF1 1NP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 245 crimes here, including 98 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grove Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/74)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avison Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Parade —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Parade —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sun Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order White'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order White'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White'S Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Parade —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Thornhill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Parade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting West Parade Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary West Parade Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime South Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avison Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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