Crime Rates at Rockley Drive, Wakefield, WF2 7HQ

Rockley Drive area has the 26th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Wakefield Rural , and the 534th lowest 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 Rockley Drive (WF2 7HQ) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.2% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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