Total Crime Rate
89.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roger Lane area has the 38th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Dalton , and the 514th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roger Lane (HD4 6PY) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 35.6% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roger Lane (HD4 6PY), the main crime hotspot is near Athene Drive. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 17 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Whitegate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tunnacliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Athene Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Squirrel Ditch | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Laithe Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Laithe Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunnacliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Athene Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunnacliffe Road | Under investigation |
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