Total Crime Rate

77.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 77.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Horbury Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 513th lowest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Horbury Road (WF2 8BG) in the last 12 months was 77.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Horbury Road (WF2 8BG), the main crime hotspot is near Cobb Avenue. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Horbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Fernleigh Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Esther Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Esther Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobb Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobb Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harcourt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meltonfield Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Esther Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Harcourt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harcourt Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gill Sike Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harcourt Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Castle Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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