Crime Rates at Oak Avenue, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4PG

Oak Avenue area has the 41st highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 455th 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 Oak Avenue (WF3 4PG) in the last 12 months was 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 76.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oak Avenue (WF3 4PG), 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.