Crime Rates at Harewood Drive, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, WF2 0DS

Harewood Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Wrenthorpe and Outwood West , and the 521st lowest crime rate of 1,130 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 Harewood Drive (WF2 0DS) in the last 12 months was 78.6 per 1,000 residents and was 36.2% higher than the Wrenthorpe and Outwood West average (57.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harewood Drive (WF2 0DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sunnyhill Crescent, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Clair Green (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.