Total Crime Rate
123.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Park Drive area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 374th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Park Drive (WF10 3DE) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Park Drive (WF10 3DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kershaw Avenue, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ings View (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Airedale and Ferry Fryston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ruskin Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ings View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royds Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmunds Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Graham Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queens Park Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queens Park Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ings View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ings View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkdale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruskin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kershaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kershaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kershaw Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kershaw Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansfield Drive | Under investigation |
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