Total Crime Rate

95.2 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 95.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 12.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Croftlands area has the 72nd highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 490th 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 Croftlands (WF12 7EP) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower than the Batley East average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Croftlands (WF12 7EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newgate Street, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croftlands (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Croftlands area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Thirlmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kennedy Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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