Total Crime Rate
204.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the 13th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 160th highest crime rate of 1,126 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 Broadway (WF2 8AQ) in the last 12 months was 204.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 126.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (WF2 8AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Weaver Court (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gargrave Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Broadway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilmer Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gloucester Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gissing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gissing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Bartholomews Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gargrave Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dacre Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dacre Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weaver Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weaver Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wool Chase | — |
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