Total Crime Rate

177.0 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 177.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.9 9/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tarn Close area has the 38th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 229th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tarn Close (WF10 2PE) in the last 12 months was 177.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% higher than the Airedale and Ferry Fryston average (114.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (β‰ˆ 123.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tarn Close (WF10 2PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Derwent Drive, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowness Avenue (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tarn Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Langdale Close β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowness Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bowness Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowness Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowness Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowness Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grasmere Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Grange Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cumberland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fairfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Langdale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowness Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Penrith Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Derwent Drive β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Borrowdale Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Derwent Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Derwent Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Derwent Drive β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Derwent Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Derwent Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowness Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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