Total Crime Rate

122.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.6 6/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wellhouse Lane area has the 30th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Dalton , and the 330th highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellhouse Lane (HD5 0RB) in the last 12 months was 122.2 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% lower than the Dalton average (141.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellhouse Lane (HD5 0RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jagger Lane, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellhouse Lane (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wellhouse Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jagger Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellhouse Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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