Total Crime Rate

153.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 153.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 42.0 8/10
  • Public order 38.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.5 7/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pollard Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Birstall and Birkenshaw , and the 238th highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pollard Way (BD19 4PR) in the last 12 months was 153.9 per 1,000 residents and was 97.4% higher than the Birstall and Birkenshaw average (77.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pollard Way (BD19 4PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shirley Walk, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charles Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Birstall and Birkenshaw

Crime Over Time in Pollard Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shirley Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shirley Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Burnleyville Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnleyville Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burnley'S Mill Road —
Sep 2025Public order Cambridge Chase Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shirley Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shirley Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Square —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cambridge Chase Under investigation
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Data Sources

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