Crime Rates at Neville Road, Wakefield, WF2 8EW

Neville Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 376th 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 Neville Road (WF2 8EW) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.9% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Neville Road (WF2 8EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lindsay Avenue, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Corbett Drive (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.