Total Crime Rate

115.8 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 115.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Cubley Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Wakefield Rural , and the 412th highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Cubley Avenue (WF2 7HG) in the last 12 months was 115.8 per 1,000 residents and was 59.5% higher than the Wakefield Rural average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 86.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cubley Avenue (WF2 7HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rockley Drive, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adwick Grove (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cubley Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deffer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Rockley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cubley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cubley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langsett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deffer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dodworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deffer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Deffer Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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