Total Crime Rate

217.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 217.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Nettleton Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 158th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nettleton Street (WF3 4AT) in the last 12 months was 217.6 per 1,000 residents and was 191.4% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 106.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 86.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nettleton Street (WF3 4AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holmfield Chase, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Peter'S Crescent (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nettleton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorhouse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarth Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarth Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nettleton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Moorhouse Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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