Total Crime Rate
92.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cliff Park Avenue area has the 48th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 502nd 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 Cliff Park Avenue (WF1 2DW) in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.3% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 59.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cliff Park Avenue (WF1 2DW), the main crime hotspot is near Mulberry Close. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 87 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 | Drugs | Earnshaw Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Christopher'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carnforth Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balne Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balne Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balne Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Balne Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finchdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Christopher'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mulberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belgravia Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hodgson Street | Under investigation |
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