Total Crime Rate
259.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
129.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 97th 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 Broadway (WF2 8AA) in the last 12 months was 259.1 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% higher than the Wakefield North average (167.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 129.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (WF2 8AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roundwood Rise (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Crown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundwood Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Roundwood Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundwood Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snapethorpe Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robin Hood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robin Hood Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sherwood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundwood Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snapethorpe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundwood Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camellia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundwood Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Crown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aysgarth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cedar View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar View | Under investigation |
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