Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Arnold Street area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Ashbrow , and the 572nd 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 Arnold Street (HD2 2TA) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 320.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arnold Street (HD2 2TA), the main crime hotspot is near Tanfield Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 22 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 | Drugs | Filbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Horse Shoe Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Horse Shoe Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Armitage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tanfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middlemost Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosebery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Storth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Filbert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Filbert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Filbert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Storth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | King Cliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hops Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheathouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clement Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Britannia Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clement Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clement Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Annie Smith Way | Awaiting court outcome |
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