Crime Rates at Kilnsey Road, Wakefield, WF1 4RW

Kilnsey Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Wakefield East , and the 205th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kilnsey Road (WF1 4RW) in the last 12 months was 180.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% lower than the Wakefield East average (217.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 124.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kilnsey Road (WF1 4RW), the main crime hotspot is near Arncliffe Road. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.