| Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime → | 41.3% | 3. highest | 173% | 30.5k | -7.4% |
| Public order crime → | 10.4% | 1. highest | 198% | 7.7k | -22.9% |
| Antisocial behaviour crime → | 9.8% | 42. lowest | 92% | 7.2k | 9.4% |
| Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.3% | 7. highest | 154% | 6.1k | -7.5% |
| Shoplifting crime → | 7.3% | 8. highest | 150% | 5.4k | 1.7% |
| Other theft crime → | 6.3% | 19. highest | 117% | 4.6k | -5.2% |
| Vehicle crime → | 5.0% | 32. highest | 119% | 3.7k | 3.4% |
| Burglary crime → | 4.1% | 15. highest | 142% | 3.0k | 0.0% |
| Other crime → | 2.7% | 2. highest | 222% | 2.0k | 15.9% |
| Drugs crime → | 2.4% | 20. highest | 132% | 1.8k | 14.0% |
| Robbery crime → | 0.7% | 33. highest | 84% | 530 | -4.7% |
| Possession of weapons crime → | 0.7% | 38. highest | 107% | 490 | -7.2% |
| Theft from the person crime → | 0.6% | 39. highest | 46% | 454 | -15.5% |
| Bicycle theft crime → | 0.4% | 24. lowest | 58% | 317 | -4.2% |
| Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "other crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Other crime" rate is at 222% of national crime rate which puts Wakefield on 2. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Other crime" makes up 2.7% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "other crime" is 2.0k cases and has increased by 15.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.
This map compares crime rate in Wakefield postcode area to the national crime rate.
This graph compares crime rate in Wakefield postcode area to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
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