Total Crime Rate

108.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.7 9/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Hardwick Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Featherstone , and the 450th 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 Hardwick Road (WF7 5HZ) in the last 12 months was 108.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.3% lower than the Featherstone average (132.2 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 66.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hardwick Road (WF7 5HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hardwick Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Priory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Huntwick Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Four Stones Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Huntwick Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Four Stones Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Andrew Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Andrew Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Huntwick Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Huntwick Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Martins Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kempston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Macauley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Verner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Macauley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoborough Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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