Total Crime Rate

286.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 286.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 71.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Public order 29.0 10/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Robbery 15.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Peterson Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 100th 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 Peterson Road (WF1 4DP) in the last 12 months was 286.3 per 1,000 residents and was 283.4% 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 Shoplifting with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -56.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 106.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peterson Road (WF1 4DP), the main crime hotspot is near Avison Yard. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Peterson Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/53)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Warrengate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peterson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order White'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order White'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Avison Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Avison Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avison Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Clair Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Lower Warrengate Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avison Yard —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peterson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peterson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Peterson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Mount Pleasant Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Peterson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brunswick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Marsland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Upper Warrengate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Upper Warrengate Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Upper Warrengate Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Warrengate —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Warrengate Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sun Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White'S Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peterson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marsh Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary John Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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