Total Crime Rate
614.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Roundhill Road 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 Roundhill Road (WF10 5AF) 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 Roundhill Road (WF10 5AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashton Street, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crowther Place (39 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 | Other theft | Roundhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smawthorne Grove | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glebe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Churwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Churwell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Beancroft Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fulmar Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Fulmar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Smawthorne Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smawthorne Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smawthorne Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smawthorne Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulmar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ashton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sheldrake Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beancroft Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ridgefield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Willow Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Willow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Barnes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Smawthorne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Falcon Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mallard Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Churwell Close | — |
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