Total Crime Rate
113.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Valley Crescent area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Wrenthorpe and Outwood West , and the 407th 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 Valley Crescent (WF2 0ND) in the last 12 months was 113.1 per 1,000 residents and was 97.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Valley Crescent (WF2 0ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coronation Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | School Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greenfield Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Valley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coronation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coronation Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greenfield Mount | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Valley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greenfield Mount | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coronation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Valley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Duke Of York Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Of York Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Towlerton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodger Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ruskin Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | School Lane | Local resolution |
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