Total Crime Rate

87.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Downing Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Colne Valley , and the 544th 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 Downing Street (HD7 5PU) in the last 12 months was 87.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Downing Street (HD7 5PU), the main crime hotspot is near Longfield Court. Police recorded 8 crimes here, including 3 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Downing Street area

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Data Sources

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