Total Crime Rate
97.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoney Lane area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Wakefield Rural , and the 477th highest crime rate of 1,126 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 Stoney Lane (WF4 3LS) in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% higher than the Wakefield Rural average (70.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoney Lane (WF4 3LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beech View, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wakefield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollingthorpe Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copeworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woolley View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolley View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mostyn Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beech View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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