Total Crime Rate

33.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 33.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Johns Avenue area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 194th lowest 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 Johns Avenue (WF3 3LX) in the last 12 months was 33.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Johns Avenue (WF3 3LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Springfield Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gateways (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Johns Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Potters Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potters Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gateways Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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