Crime in WF2 0LT
How much crime is recorded in WF2 0LT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wrenthorpe & Kirkhamgate
- Council
- Wakefield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,170 (2024)
WF2 0LTWakefield
How safe is WF2 0LT
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 28.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WF2 0LT area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of 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 risen 6% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.