Total Crime Rate

114.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.3 1/10
  • Robbery 1.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.3 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Snow Hill Rise area has the 46th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 418th 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 Snow Hill Rise (WF1 2UA) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 71.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 612.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Snow Hill Rise (WF1 2UA), the main crime hotspot is near Limestone Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Snow Hill Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Whitehall Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fox Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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