Total Crime Rate
59.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thirstin Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Holme Valley South , and the 564th lowest 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 Thirstin Road (HD7 2JG) in the last 12 months was 59.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% higher than the Holme Valley South average (56.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thirstin Road (HD7 2JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Roundway, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thirstin Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holme Valley North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirstin Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stony Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stony Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Roundway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roundway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jaggar Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jaggar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jaggar Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marsh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moor Bottom | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | School Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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