Crime Rates at Dewsbury Road, Wakefield, WF2 9DU

Dewsbury Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 525th highest crime rate of 1,126 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 9DU) in the last 12 months was 88.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dewsbury Road (WF2 9DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Goldsmith Avenue, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Corbett Drive (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.