Total Crime Rate

73.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Brooklands Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 66 local areas in Crofton, Ryhill and Walton , and the 488th lowest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brooklands Road (WF2 6LY) in the last 12 months was 73.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% higher than the Crofton, Ryhill and Walton average (64.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 313.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brooklands Road (WF2 6LY), the main crime hotspot is near Brooklands Road. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Crofton, Ryhill and Walton

Crime Over Time in Brooklands Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edmonstone Close —
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Data Sources

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