Recorded crime
Wakefield recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 5 Wakefield districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
1,386
Across 5 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 5
- Most recorded
- Violence
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in Wakefield: police recorded 1,386 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 5 postcode districts with a published figure. WF3 has the lowest recorded count (48) and WF1 the highest (571). The most often recorded category was violent crime, at 37% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
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Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Wakefield crime counts: a wide gap that mostly reflects footfall
In July 2026 police logged 1,386 crimes within about a mile of the centres of 5 Wakefield districts, from 48 in WF3 to 571 in WF1, a gap that wide mostly tracks footfall, shops and nightlife rather than where is pleasant to live.
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Key figures
Wakefield crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
48
WF3, crimes recorded
Middle district
137
Median of the districts
Highest district
571
WF1, crimes recorded
Top category
Violence
510 of 1,386 crimes
Recorded crime
Wakefield crime by category and district
1,386 recorded crimes across 5 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Violent crime was the most recorded category, with 510 of 1,386 crimes (37%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
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| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 510 | 37% |
| Anti social behaviour | 163 | 12% |
| Public order | 127 | 9% |
| Shoplifting | 124 | 9% |
| Criminal damage arson | 98 | 7% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
Wakefield districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 48 in WF3 to 571 in WF1. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
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| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF3 | 48 | Violent crime (21) | WF3 area report |
| WF5 | 126 | Violent crime (52) | WF5 area report |
| WF4 | 137 | Violent crime (61) | WF4 area report |
| WF2 | 504 | Violent crime (172) | WF2 area report |
| WF1 | 571 | Violent crime (204) | WF1 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 5 Wakefield postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 1,386 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 137.
WF3 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (48), and WF1 the highest (571).
The spread across the city is wide: the highest-counting district recorded about 11.9 times as many crimes as the lowest. Much of a gap that size reflects what is in the radius: a city-centre district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one before any difference in how people behave.
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was violent crime, at 37% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
Wakefield recorded crime: your questions
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Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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