Total Crime Rate

94.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

71.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 71.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.0 9/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Willwood Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Greenhead , and the 478th highest crime rate of 1,332 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 Willwood Avenue (HD3 4DN) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% higher than the Greenhead average (91.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 71.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 112.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willwood Avenue (HD3 4DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chesil Bank (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willwood Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chesil Bank
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reinwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Bay Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Haywood Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Haywood Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gibson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gibson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Baker Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chesil Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dean Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dean Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dean Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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