Crime in WF1 9
How much crime is recorded in WF1 9, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Wakefield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Population
- 4,347 (2024)
WF1 9Postcode sector · Wakefield
How safe is WF1 9
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 80.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in WF1 9, more than double the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 9 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 26% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.
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Postcodes in this sector
- WF1 9AF
- WF1 9AJ
- WF1 9AP
- WF1 9DU
- WF1 9FP
- WF1 9FW
- WF1 9GY
- WF1 9HQ
- WF1 9JA
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- WF1 9LT
- WF1 9NU
- WF1 9PS
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- WF1 9RD
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- WF1 9SA
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- WF1 9SD
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- WF1 9SJ
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- WF1 9SS
- WF1 9ST
- WF1 9SU
- WF1 9SW
- WF1 9SX
- WF1 9SY
- WF1 9SZ
- WF1 9TA
- WF1 9TB
- WF1 9TD
- WF1 9TE
- WF1 9TF