Crime Rates at Pleasant View, Lofthouse, Wakefield, WF3 3JT

Pleasant View area has the 45th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 408th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

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 Pleasant View (WF3 3JT) in the last 12 months was 116.1 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% higher than the Stanley and Outwood East average (74.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 53.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pleasant View (WF3 3JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Head Lane, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Violet Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.