Total Crime Rate

103.0 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 103.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Deighton 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 Deighton Road (HD2 1JJ) 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 Deighton Road (HD2 1JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Riddings Road, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Scott Vale (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Deighton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leafield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riddings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riddings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riddings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Warrenfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Riddings Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Riddings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New House Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New House Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New House Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wood View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenters Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bracken Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bracken Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belle Vue Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Browning Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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