Total Crime Rate

110.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

83.0 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 110.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 83.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.1 9/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 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

Birch Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Normanton , and the 416th 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 Birch Road (WF6 1LB) in the last 12 months was 110.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Road (WF6 1LB), the main crime hotspot is near Norman Court. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birch Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Elm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Cecily Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henderson Avenue Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Henderson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Henderson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hawthorne Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norman Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norman Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Norman Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Norman Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Norman Court Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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