Total Crime Rate
126.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rufford Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 373rd highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Rufford Street (WF2 9PB) in the last 12 months was 126.8 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rufford Street (WF2 9PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blakeley Grove, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lincoln Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wakefield North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Derwent Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fryergate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lincoln Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryergate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denhale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Langdale Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Langdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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