Crime Rates at Longfellow Grove, Wakefield, WF3 4PL

Longfellow Grove area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 102nd lowest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Longfellow Grove (WF3 4PL) in the last 12 months was 23.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.0% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longfellow Grove (WF3 4PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Mews (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.