Total Crime Rate
168.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
107.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moorhouse Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Wakefield North , and the 235th 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 Moorhouse Avenue (WF2 9QE) in the last 12 months was 168.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 107.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moorhouse Avenue (WF2 9QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blakeley Grove, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lincoln Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lincoln Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blakeley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alverthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Phoenix Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Point | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Point | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stafford Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Homestead Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fryergate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Waterhouse Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Phoenix Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kemp'S Bridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blakeley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blakeley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gill'S Buildings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fryergate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Chase Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balne Avenue | — |
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