Total Crime Rate

161.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 161.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 75.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.0 8/10
  • Public order 32.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.5 10/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Wakefield Rural , and the 250th 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 New Road (WF4 4NP) in the last 12 months was 161.3 per 1,000 residents and was 130.4% higher than the Wakefield Rural average (70.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 20.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 75.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (WF4 4NP), the main crime hotspot is near Low Lane. Police recorded 3 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

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Data Sources

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