Total Crime Rate

117.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.3 9/10
  • Other theft 17.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alder Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 352nd highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Alder Street (HD2 1AX) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 76.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alder Street (HD2 1AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodhouse Grove, where police recorded 39 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.

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Crime Over Time in Alder Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Abbey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackhouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ball Royd Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ball Royd Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tubby Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodhouse Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackhouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackhouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackhouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Ashmere Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackhouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dewhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Abbey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime West Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashmere Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leonard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Pollard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Pollard Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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