Total Crime Rate
102.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hartley Terrace area has the 12th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Featherstone , and the 451st highest crime rate of 1,126 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 Hartley Terrace (WF7 5NR) in the last 12 months was 102.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.5% lower than the Featherstone average (128.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hartley Terrace (WF7 5NR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Featherstone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lister Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Macauley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Macauley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Andrew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingreen Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nunn'S Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nunn'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nunns View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whiteley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clayton Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornlow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | George Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whiteley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whiteley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A645 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whiteley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Whiteley Street | Under investigation |
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