Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 41.4% | 2. highest | 177% | 31.1k | -5.0% |
Public order crime → | 10.6% | 1. highest | 200% | 7.9k | -20.1% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 9.6% | 41. lowest | 92% | 7.2k | 10.1% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.3% | 6. highest | 157% | 6.2k | -4.7% |
Shoplifting crime → | 7.3% | 7. highest | 154% | 5.5k | 6.2% |
Other theft crime → | 6.2% | 19. highest | 116% | 4.7k | -3.1% |
Vehicle crime → | 5.0% | 31. highest | 119% | 3.8k | 7.3% |
Burglary crime → | 4.1% | 17. highest | 143% | 3.1k | 5.5% |
Other crime → | 2.7% | 1. highest | 227% | 2.1k | 21.2% |
Drugs crime → | 2.4% | 20. highest | 133% | 1.8k | 17.5% |
Robbery crime → | 0.7% | 33. highest | 82% | 531 | -2.0% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 0.7% | 37. highest | 109% | 496 | -5.3% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.6% | 37. highest | 44% | 457 | -17.1% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 0.4% | 24. lowest | 57% | 321 | -1.2% |
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 227% of national crime rate which puts Wakefield on 1. 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 2.1k cases and has increased by 21.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.