Crime Rates at Sparrow Rise, Meltham, Holmfirth, HD9 5QA

Sparrow Rise area has the 20th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Colne Valley , and the 519th highest crime rate of 1,332 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 Sparrow Rise (HD9 5QA) in the last 12 months was 89.4 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% higher than the Colne Valley average (61.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sparrow Rise (HD9 5QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highfield Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.