Total Crime Rate

86.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 37.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.1 7/10
  • Burglary 16.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Alder Street area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 536th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alder Street (HD1 6LD) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alder Street (HD1 6LD), 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

Crime Over Time in Alder Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Three Sisters Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Leonard Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Hillhouse Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Willow Lane East Local resolution
Apr 2026Other crime Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Abbey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leonard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leonard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Whitestone Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Greenhouse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Croft Cottage Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Eleanor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eleanor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eleanor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Back Honoria Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beverley Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beverley Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beverley Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Croft Cottage Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.