Total Crime Rate

254.4 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 254.4 10/10
  • Other theft 79.0 10/10
  • Public order 43.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 39.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.5 7/10
  • Robbery 17.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
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

Front Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Airedale and Ferry Fryston , and the 119th 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 Front Street (WF10 4RN) in the last 12 months was 254.4 per 1,000 residents and was 121.7% 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 Other theft with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 100.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Front Street (WF10 4RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Front Street, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Crescent (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Front Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Front Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holywell Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary School Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Garden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Front Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime School Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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