Total Crime Rate

104.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 104.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.4 8/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Highfield Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Wakefield Rural , and the 463rd 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 Highfield Road (WF4 4NB) in the last 12 months was 104.8 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 140.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 65.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Road (WF4 4NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Lane, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coxley Crescent (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coxley Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coxley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coxley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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