Total Crime Rate
156.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fitzwilliam Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Greenhead , and the 207th 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 Fitzwilliam Street (HD1 5PH) in the last 12 months was 156.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.8% higher than the Greenhead average (91.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 78.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fitzwilliam Street (HD1 5PH), the main crime hotspot is near Norfolk Close. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newsome| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A629 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Greenhead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Greenhead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmont Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Fitzwilliam Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Elizabeth Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newhouse Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Greenhead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Greenhead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Greenhead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Greenhead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belmont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Elizabeth Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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