Total Crime Rate

63.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 63.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.6 5/10
  • Shoplifting 17.2 6/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Savile Grove area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Dewsbury South , and the 616th lowest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Savile Grove (WF12 9PN) in the last 12 months was 63.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% lower than the Dewsbury South average (89.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Savile Grove (WF12 9PN), the main crime hotspot is near Aldams Road. Police recorded 157 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Savile Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aldams Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kertland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aldams Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Aldams Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Aldams Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aldams Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Aldams Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kertland Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kertland Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Kertland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kertland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kertland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Aldams Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kertland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Kertland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kertland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Kertland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldams Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cowper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Savile Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Savile Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bottoms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bottoms Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Aldams Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wharf Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wharf Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order South View Under investigation

Data Sources

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