Total Crime Rate
1311.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Market Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 8th 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 Market Street (HD1 2HL) in the last 12 months was 1311.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1182.8% higher than the Ashbrow average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 91 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 56.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 141 (≈ 626.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Market Street (HD1 2HL), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 360 crimes here, including 197 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ashbrow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | John William Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | John William Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | John William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huddersfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
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