Total Crime Rate
112.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shires Grove area has the 36th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 409th highest crime rate of 1,126 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 Shires Grove (WF3 4PD) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% higher than the Stanley and Outwood East average (67.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 77.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shires Grove (WF3 4PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Auty Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chapel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Lock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shires Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lake Lock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mount Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ash Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ash Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lake Lock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lime Pit Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shires Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Auty Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Auty Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Pit Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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