Total Crime Rate
22.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yews Hill Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Newsome , and the 144th lowest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Yews Hill Road (HD1 3SP) in the last 12 months was 22.5 per 1,000 residents and was 89.5% lower than the Newsome average (214.9 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 15.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yews Hill Road (HD1 3SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crosland Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Place (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crosland Moor and Netherton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crosland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yews Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thomas Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yews Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yews Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yews Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oxford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bentley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crosland Street | Under investigation |
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