Total Crime Rate

128.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.6 9/10
  • Other theft 25.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Snydale Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Altofts and Whitwood , and the 366th highest 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 Snydale Road (WF6 1NT) in the last 12 months was 128.9 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% higher than the Altofts and Whitwood average (121.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Snydale Road (WF6 1NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Favell Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Altofts and Whitwood

Crime Over Time in Snydale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckbridge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Carlton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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