Crime Rates at Oakleigh Avenue, Wakefield, WF2 9DF

Oakleigh Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 249th 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 Oakleigh Avenue (WF2 9DF) in the last 12 months was 162.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 285.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 111.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 210.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oakleigh Avenue (WF2 9DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dewsbury Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acute Terrace (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.