Total Crime Rate

94.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 94.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 82.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Other crime 4.7 7/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Manor Haigh Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 487th 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 Manor Haigh Road (WF2 8SE) in the last 12 months was 94.8 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 82.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Manor Haigh Road (WF2 8SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bentley Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spa Grove (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Manor Haigh Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robin Hood Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Whinney Moor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fairway View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Fairway View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairway View —
Apr 2026Other crime Lupset Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manor Haigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Whinney Moor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Whinney Moor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Whinney Moor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spa Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spa Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spa Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Spa Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little John Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Little John Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Little John Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sherwood Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robin Hood Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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