Total Crime Rate
69.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Batley Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 480th lowest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Batley Road (WF2 0AA) in the last 12 months was 69.5 per 1,000 residents and was 58.5% lower than the Wakefield North average (167.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Batley Road (WF2 0AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blakeley Grove, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lincoln Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longfield Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alverthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Homestead Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blakeley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blakeley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fryergate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fryergate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fryergate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longfield Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gibson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peacock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peacock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peacock Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blakey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gibson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peacock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Derwent Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rydal Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Road | — |
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