Total Crime Rate

192.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 192.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 66.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.9 9/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Leeds Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 189th highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Leeds Road (WF1 2LT) in the last 12 months was 192.9 per 1,000 residents and was 158.3% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leeds Road (WF1 2LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holly Court, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near George Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leeds Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holly Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potters Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Potters Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolus Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holly Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bolus Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gateways Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bevin Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bevin Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bevin Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holly Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Jubilee Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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