Total Crime Rate
102.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moorside Terrace area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Dalton , and the 426th 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 Moorside Terrace (HD5 0LY) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 86.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moorside Terrace (HD5 0LY), the main crime hotspot is near Newbury Walk. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dalton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Ford Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Side | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glebe Side | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Larch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Ford Lane | Under investigation |
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