Total Crime Rate

99.1 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 99.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cawthorne Avenue area has the 41st highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 464th 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 Cawthorne Avenue (HD2 2QJ) in the last 12 months was 99.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% lower 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 74.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cawthorne Avenue (HD2 2QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Cawthorne Avenue. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cawthorne Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beverley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fulford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beverley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ripon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ripon Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beverley Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cawthorne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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