Total Crime Rate

106.7 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 106.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.8 9/10
  • Other theft 17.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Kingswell Avenue area has the 49th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 454th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingswell Avenue (WF1 3DY) in the last 12 months was 106.7 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 62.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingswell Avenue (WF1 3DY), the main crime hotspot is near Bevin Close. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kingswell Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bolus Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bevin Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingswell Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Bevin Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bevin Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ouchthorpe Fold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ouchthorpe Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ouchthorpe Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ouchthorpe Fold —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolus Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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