Total Crime Rate
262.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hatfeild Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 95th highest crime rate of 1,126 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 Hatfeild Street (WF1 3LS) in the last 12 months was 262.1 per 1,000 residents and was 290.4% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 15.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 121.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hatfeild Street (WF1 3LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 220 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (102 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cardigan Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westmorland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Under investigation |
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