Crime Rates at Horbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 8BQ

Horbury Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 484th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Horbury Road (WF2 8BQ) in the last 12 months was 95.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Horbury Road (WF2 8BQ), 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.