Total Crime Rate
247.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
170.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fryston Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 111th highest crime rate of 1,126 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 Fryston Road (WF10 3JB) in the last 12 months was 247.3 per 1,000 residents and was 91.8% 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 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 170.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fryston Road (WF10 3JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Toll Hill Drive, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Henson Grove (36 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Toll Hill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Airedale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodlands Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Henson Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kershaw Avenue | — |
| 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 | Public order | Henson Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Henson Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holywell Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Smithson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milnes Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Milnes Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Toll Hill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatcroft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheatcroft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henson Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B6136 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henry Moore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Henry Moore Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Graham Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henry Moore Court | — |
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