Total Crime Rate

31.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 31.1 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Ridge Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Wakefield Rural , and the 183rd 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 Ridge Road (WF4 4QP) in the last 12 months was 31.1 per 1,000 residents and was 57.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , 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 7 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridge Road (WF4 4QP), the main crime hotspot is near Ridge Road. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ridge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nell Gap Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moorhouse Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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