Total Crime Rate
374.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Exchange Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Normanton , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 1,130 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 Exchange Street (WF6 2AA) in the last 12 months was 374.6 per 1,000 residents and was 256.2% higher 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 150.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exchange Street (WF6 2AA), the main crime hotspot is near Buckle Lane. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Normanton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cambridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | King Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Firville Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cheapside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | York Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckle Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Cottages | Under investigation |
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