Crime Rates at Sunny Hill Close, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0BZ

Sunny Hill Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Wrenthorpe and Outwood West , and the 441st 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 Sunny Hill Close (WF2 0BZ) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 83.5% higher than the Wrenthorpe and Outwood West average (57.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sunny Hill Close (WF2 0BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southfield Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queens Drive (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.