Crime Rates at Hightown Road, Cleckheaton, BD19 5JX

Hightown Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Cleckheaton , and the 377th 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 Hightown Road (BD19 5JX) in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% higher than the Cleckheaton average (111.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 87.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hightown Road (BD19 5JX), the main crime hotspot is near Railway Street. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.