Crime Rates at Green Lane, Wakefield, WF1 4JS

This area has the 28th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 216th 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 This (WF1 4JS) in the last 12 months was 180.3 per 1,000 residents and was 141.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 91.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode WF1 4JS, the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 235 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (98 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.