Total Crime Rate
113.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Headfield Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Newsome , and the 370th highest crime rate of 1,332 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 Headfield Road (HD4 6LU) in the last 12 months was 113.5 per 1,000 residents and was 47.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Headfield Road (HD4 6LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillside Crescent, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Industrial Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newsome| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Hart Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Naomi Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prince Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prince Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naomi Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naomi Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hillside Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Naomi Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ing Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Industrial Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Hart Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Close | — |
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