Crime Rates at St Oswald Road, Wakefield, WF2 8EH

St Oswald Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 354th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Oswald Road (WF2 8EH) in the last 12 months was 129.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 97.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Oswald Road (WF2 8EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadway, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gloucester Grove (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.