Total Crime Rate

109.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

71.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 109.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 71.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wood Nook area has the 12th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Holme Valley South , and the 400th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Nook (HD9 4DU) in the last 12 months was 109.4 per 1,000 residents and was 92.0% higher than the Holme Valley South average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Wood Nook area

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Data Sources

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