Total Crime Rate
109.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Standbridge Lane area has the 16th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Wakefield Rural , and the 420th 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 Standbridge Lane (WF2 7NL) in the last 12 months was 109.3 per 1,000 residents and was 56.2% higher than the Wakefield Rural average (70.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Standbridge Lane (WF2 7NL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langsett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silkstone Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silkstone Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silkstone Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Georges Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deffer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deffer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deffer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettlethorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettlethorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kettlethorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dodworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoyland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silkstone Crescent | Under investigation |
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