Total Crime Rate
104.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willow Lane area has the 37th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 414th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Lane (HD1 5EB) in the last 12 months was 104.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 61.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Lane (HD1 5EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Greenhead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ash Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Sisters Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eleanor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleanor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleanor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ash Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buckrose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jack Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Johns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Road | Under investigation |
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