Total Crime Rate

422.4 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 422.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 216.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.4 10/10
  • Public order 43.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.7 10/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 10.8 5/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Temple Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Altofts and Whitwood , and the 42nd 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 Temple Street (WF10 5RB) in the last 12 months was 422.4 per 1,000 residents and was 247.8% higher than the Altofts and Whitwood average (121.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 263.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Temple Street (WF10 5RB), 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 Temple Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Nicholas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crowther Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beancroft Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Welbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Welbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Welbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowther Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowther Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crowther Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leaf Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Crowther Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crowther Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Crowther Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crowther Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Churwell Close —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Nicholas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roundhill Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Churwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roundhill Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roundhill Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Churwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roundhill Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Churwell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roundhill Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Roundhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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