Total Crime Rate
90.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garden Street area has the 37th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Dalton , and the 506th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Garden Street (HD1 3RD) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% lower than the Dalton average (139.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Street (HD1 3RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fair Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newsome| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nile Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fair Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fair Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fair Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rashcliffe Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
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