Total Crime Rate

408.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 408.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 87.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.7 10/10
  • Public order 41.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.8 10/10
  • Other theft 24.2 10/10
  • Burglary 16.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.9 9/10
  • Drugs 12.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Park Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Wakefield West , and the 46th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Park Avenue (WF2 8DS) in the last 12 months was 408.2 per 1,000 residents and was 155.1% higher than the Wakefield West average (160.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 31.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 161.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Avenue (WF2 8DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charlesworth Way (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Park Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Lawefield Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lawefield Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lawefield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Symons Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Avondale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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