Total Crime Rate

83.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 83.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Queen Elizabeth Drive area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Normanton , and the 551st 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 Queen Elizabeth Drive (WF6 1LP) in the last 12 months was 83.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% lower than the Normanton average (105.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Elizabeth Drive (WF6 1LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alexandra Drive, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Henderson Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Queen Elizabeth Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Dalefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newlands Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bevan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dodsworth Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Normanton View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henderson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henderson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henderson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henderson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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