Total Crime Rate

219.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 219.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 102.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bradford Road area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Wrenthorpe and Outwood West , and the 155th 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 Bradford Road (WF2 0LX) in the last 12 months was 219.1 per 1,000 residents and was 279.6% 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 Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 84.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bradford Road (WF2 0LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bankfield Court, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wren Green Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Wrenthorpe and Outwood West

Crime Over Time in Bradford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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