Crime Rates at Smithy Lane, Tingley, Wakefield, WF3 1QG

Smithy Lane area has the 70th highest crime rate of 149 local areas in Ardsley & Robin Hood , and the 1234th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Smithy Lane (WF3 1QG) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the Ardsley & Robin Hood average (78.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smithy Lane (WF3 1QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westerton Court, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenwood Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.