Total Crime Rate

245.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 245.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.5 10/10
  • Public order 26.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.3 9/10
  • Other theft 22.3 10/10
  • Drugs 17.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.9 9/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

North Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Newsome , and the 86th 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 North Street (HD1 3SL) in the last 12 months was 245.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.1% higher than the Newsome average (221.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 156.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Street (HD1 3SL), the main crime hotspot is near Crosland Road. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in North Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dockery Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yews Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bentley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Mount Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yews Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yews Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swan Lane
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Springdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Springdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Lodge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Lodge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crosland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crosland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dockery Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crosland Road
Sep 2025Public order Haigh Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dockery Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Haigh Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helen Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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