Total Crime Rate

124.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.2 8/10
  • Other theft 21.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Burglary 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

Waterside area has the 11th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Colne Valley , and the 319th highest crime rate of 1,334 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 Waterside (HD7 5BA) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 108.8% higher than the Colne Valley average (59.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterside (HD7 5BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tudor Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tudor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New North Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Fieldhouse Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fieldhouse Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldhouse Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kitchen Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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