Total Crime Rate
70.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newsome Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Dalton , and the 666th highest 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 Newsome Road (HD4 6NB) in the last 12 months was 70.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.6% lower than the Dalton average (139.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newsome Road (HD4 6NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillside Crescent, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tunnacliffe Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newsome| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prince Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunnacliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashenhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashenhurst Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tunnacliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tunnacliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunnacliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Whitegate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Newsome Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malvern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hillside Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prince Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
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