Total Crime Rate

124.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.5 9/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Barber Walk area has the 45th highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 323rd highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barber Walk (WF13 2PN) in the last 12 months was 124.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 86.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Barber Walk (WF13 2PN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Barber Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ashworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ashworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Willan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bond Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Eightlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Eightlands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Branch Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Branch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Swindon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Swindon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swindon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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