Total Crime Rate

98.7 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 98.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.8 3/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Abbey Road area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 469th 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 Abbey Road (HD2 1BB) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% lower 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 61.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbey Road (HD2 1BB), 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 Abbey Road area

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

Data Sources

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