Total Crime Rate

127.1 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 127.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Wakefield Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Denby Dale , and the 308th 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 Wakefield Road (HD8 9HR) in the last 12 months was 127.1 per 1,000 residents and was 151.7% higher than the Denby Dale average (50.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 73.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wakefield Road (HD8 9HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Langley Lane, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackthorn Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wakefield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Langley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pennine Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Langley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Langley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackthorn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Water Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Terrace Under investigation
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Data Sources

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