Total Crime Rate

250.0 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 250.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 40.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Grantley Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 126th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grantley Street (WF1 4LA) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 234.8% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -64.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 102.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grantley Street (WF1 4LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 232 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Avison Yard (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grantley Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avison Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Avison Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Avison Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Avison Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Avison Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Greenhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Greenhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stanley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Avison Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Grantley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grantley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grantley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Marsland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Avison Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Springs Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Peterson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Upper Warrengate Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lower Warrengate Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Warrengate
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Zetland Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Springs Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Warrengate Under investigation

Data Sources

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