Total Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Lane area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Normanton , and the 54th lowest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Lane (WF6 1EX) in the last 12 months was 15.8 per 1,000 residents and was 83.3% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Lane (WF6 1EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cheapside, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Normanton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Princess Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Firville Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Garden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Assembly Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Assembly Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | West Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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