Crime Rates at Mortimer Street, Cleckheaton, BD19 5AR

Mortimer Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Cleckheaton , and the 70th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mortimer Street (BD19 5AR) in the last 12 months was 272.0 per 1,000 residents and was 145.9% higher than the Cleckheaton average (110.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 144.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mortimer Street (BD19 5AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Railway Street, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albion Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.