Total Crime Rate

118.5 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 118.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.4 8/10
  • Drugs 22.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.1 7/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Abbots Place area has the 26th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 348th highest crime rate of 1,334 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 Abbots Place (HD2 1TT) in the last 12 months was 118.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbots Place (HD2 1TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leeds Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Abbots Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Copthorne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Copthorne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elder Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elder Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Abbots Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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