Total Crime Rate
404.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
253.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Dewsbury South , and the 32nd 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 North Road (WF13 3AB) in the last 12 months was 404.1 per 1,000 residents and was 350.3% higher than the Dewsbury South average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 253.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Road (WF13 3AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bradbury Street, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duke Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dewsbury West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Craven Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dearnley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dearnley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dearnley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sackville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sackville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garden Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dearnley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Charles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarkson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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