Total Crime Rate

260.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 260.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 175.9 10/10
  • Public order 19.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Other crime 14.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Gissing Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 112th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gissing Road (WF2 8NH) in the last 12 months was 260.2 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% higher than the Wakefield North average (172.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 195.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gissing Road (WF2 8NH), the main crime hotspot is near Roundwood Rise. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gissing Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gissing Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haselden Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Roundwood Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roundwood Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roundwood Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roundwood Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roundwood Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hirst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Snapethorpe Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gissing Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Grove
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gloucester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gissing Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Crescent

Data Sources

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