Total Crime Rate

588.6 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 588.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 223.4 10/10
  • Public order 69.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.2 10/10
  • Drugs 47.8 10/10
  • Other theft 44.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.4 10/10
  • Burglary 32.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 24.7 7/10
  • Other crime 13.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 9.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
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

Woolpacks Yard area has the 7th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 26th highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Woolpacks Yard (WF1 2SG) in the last 12 months was 588.6 per 1,000 residents and was 688.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 145 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 57.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 198 (≈ 305.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woolpacks Yard (WF1 2SG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 228 crimes here, including 134 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woolpacks Yard area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Albion Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Albion Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bank Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Market Street Local resolution
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Providence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Street
Sep 2025Other theft Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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