Total Crime Rate
171.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kendal Drive area has the 38th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 229th 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 Kendal Drive (WF10 3SP) in the last 12 months was 171.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% higher than the Airedale and Ferry Fryston average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (β 68.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 121.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kendal Drive (WF10 3SP), the main crime hotspot is near Bowness Avenue. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 38 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 | Grasmere Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambleside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowness Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bowness Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bowness Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Watling Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Watling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ambleside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasmere Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borrowdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borrowdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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