Total Crime Rate
374.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Market 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 Market Street (WF6 2AR) 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 Market Street (WF6 2AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buckle Lane, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smirthwaite View (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Normanton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Smirthwaite View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Altofts Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Cottages | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Church Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | 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 | Public order | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckle Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buckle Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Buckle Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckle Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smirthwaite View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smirthwaite View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smirthwaite View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Smirthwaite View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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