Total Crime Rate
208.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Glebe Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 168th 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 Glebe Street (WF10 4AR) in the last 12 months was 208.7 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 97.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glebe Street (WF10 4AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sagar Street, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smawthorne Lane (28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pretoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vickers Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Charles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cambridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glebe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pretoria Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pretoria Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pretoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pretoria Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sagar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sagar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lower Cambridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sagar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sagar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sagar Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marshall Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Robin Hood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessop Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parklands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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