Total Crime Rate

89.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.9 9/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Coniston Crescent area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Wakefield East , and the 536th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Coniston Crescent (WF1 4BL) in the last 12 months was 89.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower than the Wakefield East average (232.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 75.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coniston Crescent (WF1 4BL), the main crime hotspot is near Kilnsey Road. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Coniston Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilnsey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rosedale Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haldane Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haldane Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rylstone Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kilnsey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kilnsey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conistone Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conistone Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sawley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sawley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Coppice Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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