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Other theft in Wakefield

12 months to June 2026

7.2per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,648 other theft offences in Wakefield in the 12 months to June 2026, down 13.9% (426) on the previous 12 months. That is 7.2 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 369,450

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 492 offencesOctober 2011: 480 offencesNovember 2011: 416 offencesDecember 2011: 357 offencesJanuary 2012: 409 offencesFebruary 2012: 348 offencesMarch 2012: 384 offencesApril 2012: 370 offencesMay 2012: 376 offencesJune 2012: 425 offencesJuly 2012: 325 offencesAugust 2012: 374 offencesSeptember 2012: 313 offencesOctober 2012: 316 offencesNovember 2012: 283 offencesDecember 2012: 244 offencesJanuary 2013: 271 offencesFebruary 2013: 281 offencesMarch 2013: 260 offencesApril 2013: 363 offencesMay 2013: 309 offencesJune 2013: 325 offencesJuly 2013: 336 offencesAugust 2013: 294 offencesSeptember 2013: 293 offencesOctober 2013: 285 offencesNovember 2013: 296 offencesDecember 2013: 243 offencesJanuary 2014: 289 offencesFebruary 2014: 239 offencesMarch 2014: 299 offencesApril 2014: 262 offencesMay 2014: 313 offencesJune 2014: 283 offencesJuly 2014: 277 offencesAugust 2014: 284 offencesSeptember 2014: 270 offencesOctober 2014: 249 offencesNovember 2014: 205 offencesDecember 2014: 238 offencesJanuary 2015: 260 offencesFebruary 2015: 231 offencesMarch 2015: 277 offencesApril 2015: 301 offencesMay 2015: 289 offencesJune 2015: 319 offencesJuly 2015: 276 offencesAugust 2015: 252 offencesSeptember 2015: 264 offencesOctober 2015: 273 offencesNovember 2015: 262 offencesDecember 2015: 271 offencesJanuary 2016: 243 offencesFebruary 2016: 246 offencesMarch 2016: 268 offencesApril 2016: 288 offencesMay 2016: 324 offencesJune 2016: 305 offencesJuly 2016: 281 offencesAugust 2016: 282 offencesSeptember 2016: 278 offencesOctober 2016: 259 offencesNovember 2016: 251 offencesDecember 2016: 263 offencesJanuary 2017: 250 offencesFebruary 2017: 258 offencesMarch 2017: 292 offencesApril 2017: 246 offencesMay 2017: 271 offencesJune 2017: 312 offencesJuly 2017: 305 offencesAugust 2017: 306 offencesSeptember 2017: 291 offencesOctober 2017: 312 offencesNovember 2017: 276 offencesDecember 2017: 289 offencesJanuary 2018: 264 offencesFebruary 2018: 250 offencesMarch 2018: 287 offencesApril 2018: 308 offencesMay 2018: 304 offencesJune 2018: 328 offencesJuly 2018: 328 offencesAugust 2018: 323 offencesSeptember 2018: 314 offencesOctober 2018: 322 offencesNovember 2018: 297 offencesDecember 2018: 308 offencesJanuary 2019: 301 offencesFebruary 2019: 274 offencesMarch 2019: 291 offencesApril 2019: 257 offencesMay 2019: 259 offencesJune 2019: 276 offencesJuly 2019: 306 offencesAugust 2019: 286 offencesSeptember 2019: 267 offencesOctober 2019: 248 offencesNovember 2019: 231 offencesDecember 2019: 189 offencesJanuary 2020: 263 offencesFebruary 2020: 215 offencesMarch 2020: 251 offencesApril 2020: 188 offencesMay 2020: 222 offencesJune 2020: 188 offencesJuly 2020: 223 offencesAugust 2020: 276 offencesSeptember 2020: 216 offencesOctober 2020: 222 offencesNovember 2020: 195 offencesDecember 2020: 196 offencesJanuary 2021: 199 offencesFebruary 2021: 193 offencesMarch 2021: 248 offencesApril 2021: 218 offencesMay 2021: 210 offencesJune 2021: 245 offencesJuly 2021: 281 offencesAugust 2021: 255 offencesSeptember 2021: 245 offencesOctober 2021: 269 offencesNovember 2021: 279 offencesDecember 2021: 213 offencesJanuary 2022: 249 offencesFebruary 2022: 263 offencesMarch 2022: 341 offencesApril 2022: 307 offencesMay 2022: 316 offencesJune 2022: 267 offencesJuly 2022: 290 offencesAugust 2022: 299 offencesSeptember 2022: 310 offencesOctober 2022: 285 offencesNovember 2022: 256 offencesDecember 2022: 260 offencesJanuary 2023: 268 offencesFebruary 2023: 277 offencesMarch 2023: 290 offencesApril 2023: 270 offencesMay 2023: 276 offencesJune 2023: 267 offencesJuly 2023: 306 offencesAugust 2023: 274 offencesSeptember 2023: 270 offencesOctober 2023: 260 offencesNovember 2023: 252 offencesDecember 2023: 264 offencesJanuary 2024: 253 offencesFebruary 2024: 239 offencesMarch 2024: 241 offencesApril 2024: 267 offencesMay 2024: 280 offencesJune 2024: 265 offencesJuly 2024: 295 offencesAugust 2024: 280 offencesSeptember 2024: 240 offencesOctober 2024: 260 offencesNovember 2024: 293 offencesDecember 2024: 245 offencesJanuary 2025: 247 offencesFebruary 2025: 222 offencesMarch 2025: 258 offencesApril 2025: 250 offencesMay 2025: 238 offencesJune 2025: 246 offencesJuly 2025: 272 offencesAugust 2025: 215 offencesSeptember 2025: 238 offencesOctober 2025: 237 offencesNovember 2025: 183 offencesDecember 2025: 202 offencesJanuary 2026: 194 offencesFebruary 2026: 195 offencesMarch 2026: 199 offencesApril 2026: 222 offencesMay 2026: 236 offencesJune 2026: 255 offences

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 toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20117,796 (partial)
June 20123,58510.92012
June 20139642.92013
June 20142730.82014
June 20154471.32015
June 20165651.72016
June 20176952.02017
June 20189042.62018
June 20199732.82019
June 20209972.82020
June 20219152.62021
June 20229722.72022
June 20231,2933.62023
June 20241,3513.72024
June 20251,4243.92025
June 20261,4914.02025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

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.

Other categories in Wakefield

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Wakefield