Total Crime Rate
2451.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
997.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Daisy Hill area has the highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Daisy Hill (WF13 1LS) in the last 12 months was 2451.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1908.5% higher than the Batley East average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 242 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 35.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -52.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 329 (≈ 997.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Daisy Hill (WF13 1LS), the main crime hotspot is near Westgate. Police recorded 175 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dewsbury East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Willan'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldams Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Branch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Branch Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Branch Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Daisy Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Croft Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aldams Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dewsbury Ring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wellington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Nelson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Corporation Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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