Total Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moss Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Dalton , and the 29th 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 Moss Street (HD4 6NL) in the last 12 months was 7.8 per 1,000 residents and was 94.4% lower than the Dalton average (139.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -95.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moss Street (HD4 6NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near King'S Bridge Road, where police recorded 26 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Permain Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cornrace View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tunnacliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tunnacliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunnacliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunnacliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Whitegate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Permain Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Newsome Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King'S Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malvern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prince Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kings Mill Lane | Local resolution |
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