Total Crime Rate
268.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fartown Green Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 68th highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fartown Green Road (HD2 1AA) in the last 12 months was 268.3 per 1,000 residents and was 162.5% higher than the Ashbrow average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 131.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fartown Green Road (HD2 1AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leonard Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roydfield Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashbrow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moorfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tubby Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ball Royd Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alder Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Abbey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Abbey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Pollard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ball Royd Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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