Total Crime Rate

125.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 1.7 1/10
  • Drugs 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Dewsbury Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 374th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dewsbury Road (WF2 9DS) in the last 12 months was 125.8 per 1,000 residents and was 26.9% lower 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 87.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 82.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dewsbury Road (WF2 9DS), the main crime hotspot is near Corbett Drive. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dewsbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gloucester Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbett Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corbett Drive
Sep 2025Other crime Magdalene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magdalene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Magdalene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbett Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corbett Drive
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Greaves Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moxon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moxon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moxon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moxon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moxon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moxon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moxon Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Corbett Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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