Police-recorded · Wakefield · West Yorkshire Police
Violence and sexual offences in Wakefield
12 months to June 2026
50.5per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 18,667 violence and sexual offences offences in Wakefield in the 12 months to June 2026, down 5.3% (1,047) on the previous 12 months. That is 50.5 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 369,450
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
2,621 (partial)
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June 2012
3,943
12.0
2012
June 2013
3,658
11.1
2013
June 2014
3,742
11.3
2014
June 2015
5,486
16.4
2015
June 2016
8,284
24.6
2016
June 2017
9,690
28.4
2017
June 2018
13,039
37.9
2018
June 2019
16,582
47.6
2019
June 2020
16,233
46.3
2020
June 2021
17,037
48.2
2021
June 2022
20,575
57.5
2022
June 2023
21,939
60.5
2023
June 2024
19,327
52.7
2024
June 2025
19,714
53.4
2025
June 2026
18,667
50.5
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.