Crime Rate in Batley East, ward

Batley East has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Kirklees district and the 1013th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 92nd highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Batley East in the last 12 months was 126.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% higher than the Kirklees district average (102.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Batley East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,088 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 8 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -43.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,387 (≈ 66.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Batley East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 339 crimes here, including 73 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.