Total Crime Rate

233.3 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 233.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 158.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.0 8/10
  • Public order 25.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.7 9/10
  • Robbery 8.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

St Swithins Grove area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 145th 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 St Swithins Grove (WF3 4QB) in the last 12 months was 233.3 per 1,000 residents and was 212.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 216.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 191.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 130.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Swithins Grove (WF3 4QB), the main crime hotspot is near Riverdale Avenue. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Swithins Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Nellie Spindler Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nellie Spindler Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balk Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsway —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Stanley Park Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Riverdale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riverdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firth Way Further action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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