Total Crime Rate

381.5 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 381.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.8 10/10
  • Other theft 46.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 43.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Burglary 24.6 10/10
  • Public order 24.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Other crime 15.4 10/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Norton Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Crofton, Ryhill and Walton , and the 61st 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 Norton Street (WF1 5ES) in the last 12 months was 381.5 per 1,000 residents and was 496.4% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 190.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norton Street (WF1 5ES), 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 Round Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Crime Over Time in Norton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Round Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Back Dunbar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Back Dunbar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Birch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Round Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Round Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Clarion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claremont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Claremont Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Denmark Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Fall Ings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fall Ings Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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