Total Crime Rate

227.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 227.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 87.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 67.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hawthorne Terrace area has the 20th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 135th highest crime rate of 1,126 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 Hawthorne Terrace (WF2 0AY) in the last 12 months was 227.1 per 1,000 residents and was 238.3% higher than the Stanley and Outwood East average (67.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 87.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawthorne Terrace (WF2 0AY), the main crime hotspot is near Flanshaw Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorne Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Flanshaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Windermere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derwent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rydal Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Derwent Road
Apr 2026Other theft Flanshaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peacock Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rydal Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Peacock Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peacock Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Peacock Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wasdale Road
Apr 2026Public order Wasdale Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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