Crime Rates at Yew Tree Street, Wakefield, WF1 5EE

Yew Tree Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Crofton, Ryhill and Walton , and the 55th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yew Tree Street (WF1 5EE) in the last 12 months was 394.5 per 1,000 residents and was 516.7% higher than the Crofton, Ryhill and Walton average (64.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -84.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -84.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 261.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yew Tree Street (WF1 5EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fall Ings Road, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buckingham Drive (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.