Total Crime Rate
151.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Broadway area has the 19th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 294th 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 Broadway (WF2 8AQ) in the last 12 months was 151.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% lower than the Wakefield North average (172.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 88.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (WF2 8AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Broadway. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wakefield North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gissing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weaver Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Magdalene Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Greaves Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gissing Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bevan Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadway | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bobbin Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bobbin Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Crest | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Crest | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Magdalene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wool Chase | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weaver Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Broadway | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moxon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moxon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moxon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moxon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Moxon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moxon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moxon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gloucester Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gissing Road | Under investigation |
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