Total Crime Rate

1244.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

622.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1244.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 622.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 426.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 160.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 120.0 10/10
  • Public order 120.0 10/10
  • Other theft 111.1 10/10
  • Drugs 62.2 10/10
  • Robbery 53.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 40.0 10/10
  • Burglary 26.7 10/10
  • Other crime 26.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brooks Yard area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 8th highest crime rate of 1,332 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 Brooks Yard (HD1 2EP) in the last 12 months was 1244.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1178.2% higher than the Ashbrow average (97.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 140 (≈ 622.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brooks Yard (HD1 2EP), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 399 crimes here, including 226 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brooks Yard area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/182)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Sergeantson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sergeantson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sergeantson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sergeantson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Threadneedle Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Threadneedle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Threadneedle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Huddersfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Huddersfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Huddersfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Huddersfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Huddersfield Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Railway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brooks Yard —
Apr 2026Drugs Brooks Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Brooks Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brooks Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brooks Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Brooks Yard Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary St George'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs St George'S Square Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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