Total Crime Rate
95.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Edge Top Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Dewsbury South , and the 469th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Edge Top Road (WF12 0BG) in the last 12 months was 95.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% higher than the Dewsbury South average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 26.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edge Top Road (WF12 0BG), the main crime hotspot is near Turnip Lane. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dewsbury South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edge Top Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mountain Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountain Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mountain Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountain Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountain Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountain Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnip Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Turnip Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Turnip Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Overthorpe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ings Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Turnip Lane | Under investigation |
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