Total Crime Rate
34.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tuke Grove area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 195th lowest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tuke Grove (WF1 4DJ) in the last 12 months was 34.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tuke Grove (WF1 4DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Tuke Grove. Police recorded 328 crimes here, including 238 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Of York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tuke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Faith'S Manor | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Governor'S Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Governor'S Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Governor'S Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuke Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tuke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Of York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shilling Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shilling Street | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tuke Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tuke Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tuke Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
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