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Burglary in Wakefield

12 months to June 2026

4.2per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,549 burglary offences in Wakefield in the 12 months to June 2026, down 13.1% (234) on the previous 12 months. That is 4.2 per 1,000 residents against 3.6 for England and Wales.

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

Monthly, December 2010 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02004002010201520202025December 2010: 264 offencesJanuary 2011: 293 offencesFebruary 2011: 310 offencesMarch 2011: 297 offencesApril 2011: 325 offencesMay 2011: 290 offencesJune 2011: 320 offencesJuly 2011: 336 offencesAugust 2011: 403 offencesSeptember 2011: 361 offencesOctober 2011: 292 offencesNovember 2011: 298 offencesDecember 2011: 357 offencesJanuary 2012: 345 offencesFebruary 2012: 289 offencesMarch 2012: 302 offencesApril 2012: 274 offencesMay 2012: 278 offencesJune 2012: 306 offencesJuly 2012: 227 offencesAugust 2012: 255 offencesSeptember 2012: 213 offencesOctober 2012: 270 offencesNovember 2012: 331 offencesDecember 2012: 307 offencesJanuary 2013: 252 offencesFebruary 2013: 200 offencesMarch 2013: 230 offencesApril 2013: 202 offencesMay 2013: 285 offencesJune 2013: 249 offencesJuly 2013: 280 offencesAugust 2013: 270 offencesSeptember 2013: 242 offencesOctober 2013: 203 offencesNovember 2013: 175 offencesDecember 2013: 226 offencesJanuary 2014: 201 offencesFebruary 2014: 197 offencesMarch 2014: 229 offencesApril 2014: 251 offencesMay 2014: 275 offencesJune 2014: 209 offencesJuly 2014: 189 offencesAugust 2014: 208 offencesSeptember 2014: 220 offencesOctober 2014: 250 offencesNovember 2014: 222 offencesDecember 2014: 224 offencesJanuary 2015: 197 offencesFebruary 2015: 202 offencesMarch 2015: 272 offencesApril 2015: 254 offencesMay 2015: 261 offencesJune 2015: 180 offencesJuly 2015: 221 offencesAugust 2015: 268 offencesSeptember 2015: 225 offencesOctober 2015: 250 offencesNovember 2015: 255 offencesDecember 2015: 208 offencesJanuary 2016: 251 offencesFebruary 2016: 244 offencesMarch 2016: 235 offencesApril 2016: 227 offencesMay 2016: 251 offencesJune 2016: 223 offencesJuly 2016: 225 offencesAugust 2016: 267 offencesSeptember 2016: 234 offencesOctober 2016: 210 offencesNovember 2016: 194 offencesDecember 2016: 205 offencesJanuary 2017: 220 offencesFebruary 2017: 221 offencesMarch 2017: 224 offencesApril 2017: 215 offencesMay 2017: 234 offencesJune 2017: 247 offencesJuly 2017: 219 offencesAugust 2017: 260 offencesSeptember 2017: 227 offencesOctober 2017: 274 offencesNovember 2017: 244 offencesDecember 2017: 216 offencesJanuary 2018: 259 offencesFebruary 2018: 233 offencesMarch 2018: 222 offencesApril 2018: 283 offencesMay 2018: 202 offencesJune 2018: 205 offencesJuly 2018: 256 offencesAugust 2018: 245 offencesSeptember 2018: 263 offencesOctober 2018: 287 offencesNovember 2018: 266 offencesDecember 2018: 301 offencesJanuary 2019: 243 offencesFebruary 2019: 205 offencesMarch 2019: 211 offencesApril 2019: 244 offencesMay 2019: 195 offencesJune 2019: 209 offencesJuly 2019: 231 offencesAugust 2019: 244 offencesSeptember 2019: 232 offencesOctober 2019: 200 offencesNovember 2019: 201 offencesDecember 2019: 182 offencesJanuary 2020: 242 offencesFebruary 2020: 186 offencesMarch 2020: 192 offencesApril 2020: 164 offencesMay 2020: 179 offencesJune 2020: 170 offencesJuly 2020: 182 offencesAugust 2020: 168 offencesSeptember 2020: 126 offencesOctober 2020: 142 offencesNovember 2020: 199 offencesDecember 2020: 142 offencesJanuary 2021: 161 offencesFebruary 2021: 149 offencesMarch 2021: 119 offencesApril 2021: 114 offencesMay 2021: 120 offencesJune 2021: 138 offencesJuly 2021: 107 offencesAugust 2021: 134 offencesSeptember 2021: 138 offencesOctober 2021: 127 offencesNovember 2021: 171 offencesDecember 2021: 169 offencesJanuary 2022: 165 offencesFebruary 2022: 148 offencesMarch 2022: 147 offencesApril 2022: 130 offencesMay 2022: 200 offencesJune 2022: 130 offencesJuly 2022: 142 offencesAugust 2022: 186 offencesSeptember 2022: 147 offencesOctober 2022: 158 offencesNovember 2022: 170 offencesDecember 2022: 170 offencesJanuary 2023: 229 offencesFebruary 2023: 222 offencesMarch 2023: 190 offencesApril 2023: 149 offencesMay 2023: 159 offencesJune 2023: 175 offencesJuly 2023: 171 offencesAugust 2023: 178 offencesSeptember 2023: 137 offencesOctober 2023: 139 offencesNovember 2023: 163 offencesDecember 2023: 190 offencesJanuary 2024: 187 offencesFebruary 2024: 167 offencesMarch 2024: 188 offencesApril 2024: 175 offencesMay 2024: 144 offencesJune 2024: 162 offencesJuly 2024: 175 offencesAugust 2024: 184 offencesSeptember 2024: 99 offencesOctober 2024: 122 offencesNovember 2024: 190 offencesDecember 2024: 141 offencesJanuary 2025: 171 offencesFebruary 2025: 125 offencesMarch 2025: 141 offencesApril 2025: 120 offencesMay 2025: 154 offencesJune 2025: 161 offencesJuly 2025: 146 offencesAugust 2025: 112 offencesSeptember 2025: 134 offencesOctober 2025: 125 offencesNovember 2025: 153 offencesDecember 2025: 116 offencesJanuary 2026: 128 offencesFebruary 2026: 121 offencesMarch 2026: 121 offencesApril 2026: 134 offencesMay 2026: 144 offencesJune 2026: 115 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 20112,099 (partial)
June 20123,84111.72012
June 20133,0219.22013
June 20142,7588.32014
June 20152,6798.02015
June 20162,8588.52016
June 20172,6967.92017
June 20182,8448.32018
June 20192,9258.42019
June 20202,4236.92020
June 20211,7605.02021
June 20221,7664.92022
June 20232,0975.82023
June 20242,0015.52024
June 20251,7834.82025
June 20261,5494.22025

What this measures

Offences where a person enters a building as a trespasser with intent to steal or commit another offence; residential and non-residential burglary are both included in this police.uk category.

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 burglary rate · All recorded crime in Wakefield