Total Crime Rate

21.6 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 21.6 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Howard Crescent area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Wakefield Rural , and the 106th lowest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Howard Crescent (WF4 3AL) in the last 12 months was 21.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.3% lower than the Wakefield Rural average (72.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 5 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howard Crescent (WF4 3AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Calder View, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hollin Lane (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Howard Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nelson Grange Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Grange Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Julie Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calder View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Calder View Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Colleen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Micklewait Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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