Total Crime Rate
103.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newhouse Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 437th highest crime rate of 1,334 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 Newhouse Road (HD2 1ED) in the last 12 months was 103.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newhouse Road (HD2 1ED), the main crime hotspot is near Scott Vale. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ashbrow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woodhead Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Woodhead Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New House Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | New House Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | New House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlington Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlington Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Well Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenters Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Well Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warrenfield Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bracken Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leafield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheepridge Road | Under investigation |
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