Total Crime Rate
425.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
214.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leeds Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 28th 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 Leeds Road (HD2 1YA) in the last 12 months was 425.6 per 1,000 residents and was 337.1% 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 214.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leeds Road (HD2 1YA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bradley Mills Lane, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springbank Crescent (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dalton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fieldhouse Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springbank Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springbank Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springbank Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springbank Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Springbank Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bradley Mills Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barr Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradley Mills Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barr Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barr Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bradley Mills Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bradley Mills Lane | Under investigation |
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