Total Crime Rate

363.6 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 363.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.0 10/10
  • Other theft 44.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.1 9/10
  • Public order 32.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.5 10/10
  • Burglary 14.7 9/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 8.8 8/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
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

Love Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 66th highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Love Lane (WF2 9AQ) in the last 12 months was 363.6 per 1,000 residents and was 387.0% higher than the Stanley and Outwood East average (74.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 170.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Love Lane (WF2 9AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Mulberry Close. Police recorded 149 crimes here, including 105 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Love Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate End Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mulberry Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumpton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Plumpton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Finchdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Balne Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stratheden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cliff Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cliff Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cliff Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brooksbank Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate End Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mulberry Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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