Total Crime Rate

131.0 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 131.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Other theft 17.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bell Street area has the 44th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton , and the 360th 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 Bell Street (WF9 1LD) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% higher than the Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton average (82.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 75.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bell Street (WF9 1LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clayton Avenue, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorman Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bell Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clayton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Smeaton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorman Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorman Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Marguerite Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Clayton Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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