Crime Rates at South Street, Normanton, WF6 1EE

South Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Normanton , and the 301st highest crime rate of 1,126 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 South Street (WF6 1EE) in the last 12 months was 143.9 per 1,000 residents and was 52.3% higher than the Normanton average (94.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 87.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Street (WF6 1EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Martin Street, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charles Kirk View (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.