Total Crime Rate

95.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 95.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 34.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Drugs 17.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Burglary 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

Cobb Avenue 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 Cobb Avenue (WF2 8BU) 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 Cobb Avenue (WF2 8BU), the main crime hotspot is near Esther Grove. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cobb Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esther Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meltonfield Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Harcourt Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Rayfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Rayfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meltonfield Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thornbury Park Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cobb Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fernleigh Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esther Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esther Avenue 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 2026Anti-social behaviour Manor Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cobb Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cobb Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cobb Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order West Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cobb Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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