Total Crime Rate

114.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 114.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 81.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Public order 20.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cockley Hill Lane area has the 27th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Dalton , and the 361st highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cockley Hill Lane (HD5 0PG) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.6% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 81.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cockley Hill Lane (HD5 0PG), 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.

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Data Sources

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