Total Crime Rate
251.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arnside Crescent area has the 18th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 104th highest crime rate of 1,126 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 Arnside Crescent (WF10 3NT) in the last 12 months was 251.8 per 1,000 residents and was 95.3% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arnside Crescent (WF10 3NT), the main crime hotspot is near Dawtrie Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Airedale and Ferry Fryston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnside Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elizabeth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elizabeth Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elizabeth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Elizabeth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windermere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Poppy Fields Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnside Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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