Total Crime Rate

41.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 41.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.6 5/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Hawthorns area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 259th lowest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Hawthorns (WF1 3TL) in the last 12 months was 41.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Hawthorns (WF1 3TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holly Court, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queensbury Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Hawthorns area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holly Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holly Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Holly Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountbatten Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belfry Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langdale Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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