Wrenthorpe & Outwood West ward · Wakefield. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 15% here, compared with 22% across Wakefield (6.8 percentage points lower).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 18.7% here, compared with 24.4% across Wakefield (5.7 percentage points lower).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 15.8% here, compared with 21.4% across Wakefield (5.6 percentage points lower).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Wrenthorpe & Outwood West ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
1,271 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 1,297 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Wrenthorpe & Outwood West ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 95 mapped crimes in September 2024; 123 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Wrenthorpe & Outwood West
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
95
5
October 2024
126
9
November 2024
104
10
December 2024
88
4
January 2025
97
4
February 2025
93
6
March 2025
114
22
April 2025
142
20
May 2025
109
40
June 2025
92
18
July 2025
133
26
August 2025
104
23
September 2025
82
13
October 2025
109
13
November 2025
119
14
December 2025
88
8
January 2026
83
6
February 2026
97
12
March 2026
120
13
April 2026
96
19
May 2026
106
25
June 2026
117
28
July 2026
131
19
August 2026
123
21
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Wrenthorpe & Outwood West
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
645
criminal damage arson
106
vehicle crime
99
public order
98
other theft
95
shoplifting
85
burglary
53
other crime
47
drugs
20
robbery
7
possession of weapons
6
bicycle theft
6
theft from the person
4
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
