Total Crime Rate

105.3 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 105.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Burglary 18.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Thornes Lane area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Wakefield West , and the 459th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thornes Lane (WF2 7QX) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% lower than the Wakefield West average (160.0 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornes Lane (WF2 7QX), the main crime hotspot is near Thornleigh Road. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thornes Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fawcett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Avondale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thornleigh Crescent —
Sep 2025Public order Bethel Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornleigh Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Foljambe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thornleigh Garth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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