Total Crime Rate

184.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 184.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.0 9/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 7/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Common Way area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Wakefield Rural , and the 207th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Common Way (WF4 3FN) in the last 12 months was 184.8 per 1,000 residents and was 154.6% higher 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 124.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Common Way (WF4 3FN), the main crime hotspot is near Swallow Way. Police recorded 30 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 Common Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Daw Green Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daw Green Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swallow Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Common Way —
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Data Sources

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