Total Crime Rate
188.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodhouse Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 145th 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 Woodhouse Avenue (HD2 1BS) in the last 12 months was 188.1 per 1,000 residents and was 93.2% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 135.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodhouse Avenue (HD2 1BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Pollard Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodhouse Hall Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ashbrow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dewhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Tree Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red Doles Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Meadow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Tree Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peridot Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodhouse Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Central Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Central Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Pollard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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