Total Crime Rate

1480.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 1480.0 10/10
  • Public order 556.9 10/10
  • Drugs 430.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 323.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 95.4 10/10
  • Other crime 33.9 10/10
  • Other theft 18.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

New Road area has the highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Altofts and Whitwood , and the 5th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around New Road (WF7 6EZ) in the last 12 months was 1480.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1118.6% 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 Public order with 181 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 290 (≈ 892.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1306.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (WF7 6EZ), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Lane. Police recorded 2 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Altofts and Whitwood

Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Mill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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