Stanley & Outwood East
WardNorth west Wakefield. About 17,641 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Stanley & Outwood East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Stanley & Outwood East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Stanley & Outwood East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stanley & Outwood East at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across Wakefield.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 136 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stanley & Outwood East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (759), other crime (332) and criminal damage and arson (123).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Wakefield
These figures are published for the whole of Wakefield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wakefield and not Stanley & Outwood East alone. See Wakefield
Stanley & Outwood East in brief
Stanley & Outwood East had 16,204 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Stanley & Outwood East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Stanley & Outwood East, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Stanley & Outwood East, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.