Total Crime Rate

92.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 92.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 29.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.8 6/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wellington Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Greenhead , and the 510th highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Street (HD3 3ES) in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% higher than the Greenhead average (89.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellington Street (HD3 3ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cadogan Avenue, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cressfield Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wellington Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dean Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dean Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cadogan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mountbatten Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cadogan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mountbatten Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cressfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oakes Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Oakes Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cadogan Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chesilton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesilton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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