Total Crime Rate

103.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 57.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Other theft 19.1 9/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thirlmere Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 448th 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 Thirlmere Road (WF2 9EP) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 57.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thirlmere Road (WF2 9EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flanshaw Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thirlmere Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rydal Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thirlmere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Rydal Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Derwent Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derwent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Windermere Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Derwent Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Derwent Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Flanshaw Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acute Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Flanshaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flanshaw View Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Flanshaw Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Acute Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acute Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acute Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acute Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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