Crime Rates at Waite Street, Wakefield, WF2 9JN

Waite Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 306th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waite Street (WF2 9JN) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 99.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waite Street (WF2 9JN), 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.