Crime Rates at Park Avenue, Outwood, Wakefield, WF1 2NQ

Park Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Wrenthorpe and Outwood West , and the 473rd 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 Park Avenue (WF1 2NQ) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.8% higher than the Wrenthorpe and Outwood West average (57.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 80.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Avenue (WF1 2NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Outwood Park Court, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.