Total Crime Rate

394.5 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 394.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 188.1 10/10
  • Public order 55.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.9 10/10
  • Other crime 22.9 10/10
  • Burglary 18.4 10/10
  • Robbery 18.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Clarion 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 Clarion Street (WF1 5EX) 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 Clarion Street (WF1 5EX), 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 Clarion Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Round Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Back Dunbar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Back Dunbar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Birch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Claremont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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