Total Crime Rate
323.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
180.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rishworth Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 71st 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 Rishworth Street (WF1 3BY) in the last 12 months was 323.3 per 1,000 residents and was 381.6% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 180.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rishworth Street (WF1 3BY), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 162 crimes here, including 102 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 | Anti-social behaviour | North Road Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barstow Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albion Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barstow Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barstow Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cliff Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Christopher'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliff Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cliff Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cliff Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cliff Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cliff Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Lane | Under investigation |
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