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

Clough Lane 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 Clough Lane (WF12 8LL) 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 Clough Lane (WF12 8LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodburn Avenue, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Long Lane (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clough Lane area

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Data Sources

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