Total Crime Rate

95.9 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 95.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Walker Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Dewsbury East , and the 485th 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 Walker Street (WF12 8LD) in the last 12 months was 95.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.3% lower than the Dewsbury East average (160.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walker Street (WF12 8LD), the main crime hotspot is near Craig-Y-Don. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walker Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laithes Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Becks Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walker Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Laithes Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laithes Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Walker Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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