Total Crime Rate

415.0 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 415.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 146.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 117.0 10/10
  • Public order 25.6 10/10
  • Other theft 21.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.3 9/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Drugs 14.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Other crime 11.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 1.8 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

Lawefield Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Wakefield West , and the 45th 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 Lawefield Lane (WF2 8ST) in the last 12 months was 415.0 per 1,000 residents and was 159.3% higher than the Wakefield West average (160.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 153.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawefield Lane (WF2 8ST), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lawefield Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Kemp'S Bridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Plumpton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chald Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chald Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chald Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brooksbank Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate End Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumpton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brighton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Waterhouse Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrass Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfair Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brighton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lawefield Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Lawefield Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lawefield Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lawefield Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A638 —
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Data Sources

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