Total Crime Rate
227.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
138.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Perseverance Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 136th 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 Perseverance Street (WF10 1LD) in the last 12 months was 227.0 per 1,000 residents and was 76.1% higher than the Airedale and Ferry Fryston average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 138.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Perseverance Street (WF10 1LD), the main crime hotspot is near Bus/Coach Station. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castleford Central and Glasshoughton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crowther Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Booth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowther Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crowther Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Welbeck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Mary'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Mary'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Mary'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Perseverance Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welbeck Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Perseverance Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Oswald Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Oswald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Oswald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Oswald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Oswald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Oswald Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Oswald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | University Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aire Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | University Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | University Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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