Total Crime Rate

216.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 216.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.4 10/10
  • Public order 32.3 10/10
  • Other theft 23.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Fairlea Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Newsome , and the 116th 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 Fairlea Avenue (HD4 6HB) in the last 12 months was 216.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% lower than the Newsome average (221.0 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 161.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 211.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairlea Avenue (HD4 6HB), the main crime hotspot is near Blue Bell Hill. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fairlea Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmcliffe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Damfield Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vickerman Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Bell Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmcliffe Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmcliffe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pond Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Bell Hill Under investigation
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Data Sources

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