Total Crime Rate

614.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 614.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 208.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.5 10/10
  • Public order 72.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 56.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.2 10/10
  • Burglary 20.1 10/10
  • Drugs 16.1 9/10
  • Other crime 16.1 10/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 8.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Smawthorne Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Smawthorne Lane (WF10 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 614.5 per 1,000 residents and was 435.6% 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 Shoplifting with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 208.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smawthorne Lane (WF10 4EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Smawthorne Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/74)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Barnes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beancroft Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ridgefield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sheldrake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mallard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fulmar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fulmar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Beancroft Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leaf Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Glebe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glebe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Churwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glebe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glebe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order University Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary University Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour University Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour University Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Nicholas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Churwell Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Churwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Nicholas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ashton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smawthorne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Smawthorne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smawthorne Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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