Total Crime Rate

135.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 135.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Public order 23.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Other crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Rawthorpe Lane area has the 26th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Dalton , and the 289th 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 Rawthorpe Lane (HD5 9NX) in the last 12 months was 135.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% lower than the Dalton average (141.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 106.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rawthorpe Lane (HD5 9NX), the main crime hotspot is near Nether Crescent. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rawthorpe Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Nether Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heys View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nether Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nether Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nether Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nether Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nether Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nether Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rawthorpe Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnby Royd Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridgeway Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ridgeway Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ridgeway Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ridgeway Close
Sep 2025Drugs St James Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nether Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ridgeway

Data Sources

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