Total Crime Rate

139.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

77.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 139.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 77.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.8 8/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Horbury Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 313th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Horbury Road (WF2 8BG) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 77.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Horbury Road (WF2 8BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Esther Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Horbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esther Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Harcourt Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Harcourt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Gill Sike Bungalows Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gill Sike Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gill Sike Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cobb Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cobb Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cobb Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobb Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esther Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cobb Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fernleigh Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornbury Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meltonfield Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meltonfield Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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