Total Crime Rate

98.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Intake Close area has the 51st highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 493rd 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 Intake Close (WF3 4HY) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 73.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Intake Close (WF3 4HY), the main crime hotspot is near Auty Crescent. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Intake Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Pit Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orchard Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Lake Lock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Intake Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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