Crime Rates at Cross Square, Wakefield, WF1 1PQ

Cross Square area has the 7th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cross Square (WF1 1PQ) in the last 12 months was 551.6 per 1,000 residents and was 721.7% 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 141 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 196 (≈ 302.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Square (WF1 1PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (102 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.