Total Crime Rate
124.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellington 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 Wellington Walk (WF13 2PQ) 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 Wellington Walk (WF13 2PQ), 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.
View Crime In Batley East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eightlands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eightlands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eightlands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eightlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willan'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Willan'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashworth Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Branch Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westgate Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Westgate Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Branch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Branch Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northfield Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorlands Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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