Total Crime Rate
156.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Royd Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Colne Valley , and the 228th highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Royd Street (HD7 5EB) in the last 12 months was 156.4 per 1,000 residents and was 162.3% higher than the Colne Valley average (59.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Royd Street (HD7 5EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Colne Valley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lewisham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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