Total Crime Rate

119.5 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 119.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Cambridge Street area has the 50th highest crime rate of 144 local areas in Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton , and the 396th highest crime rate of 1,130 local areas in Wakefield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cambridge Street (WF9 2AW) in the last 12 months was 119.5 per 1,000 residents and was 45.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 263.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambridge Street (WF9 2AW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cambridge Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wesley Street
Sep 2025Drugs Princess Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Harrow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Diamond Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Allott Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princess Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wesley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marshall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wesley Street
Sep 2025Other crime Carroll Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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