Total Crime Rate
266.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
180.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Midland Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 1,332 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 Midland Street (HD1 6JX) in the last 12 months was 266.7 per 1,000 residents and was 173.9% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 180.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Midland Street (HD1 6JX), the main crime hotspot is near Back Honoria Street. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Greenhead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ash Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diamond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diamond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hillhouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Willow Lane East | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Calton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Calton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitestone Lane | Under investigation |
| 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 | Burglary | Diamond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleanor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Honoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Cottage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Cottage Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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