Total Crime Rate
48.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barcroft Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Newsome , and the 443rd lowest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barcroft Road (HD4 6LD) in the last 12 months was 48.1 per 1,000 residents and was 77.6% lower than the Newsome average (214.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barcroft Road (HD4 6LD), the main crime hotspot is near Edale Avenue. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Newsome| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blagden Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Falcon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Falcon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Castle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Close Hill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Close Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Croftlands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlewood Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Towngate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Towngate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Close Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blagden Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Blagden Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blagden Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blagden Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Edale Avenue | Offender given a caution |
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