Total Crime Rate

132.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 132.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wrenthorpe Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Wrenthorpe and Outwood West , and the 354th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wrenthorpe Road (WF2 0HY) in the last 12 months was 132.5 per 1,000 residents and was 129.6% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 102.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wrenthorpe Road (WF2 0HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coronation Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wrenthorpe Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Of York Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Coronation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coronation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Of York Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowling Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Of York Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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