Crime Rates at Batley Road, Wakefield, WF2 0AD

Batley 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 0AD) 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 0AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blakeley Grove, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gibson Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.