Total Crime Rate

170.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 170.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.7 9/10
  • Public order 21.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Other crime 13.1 10/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Huddersfield Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Dewsbury South , and the 177th 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 Huddersfield Road (WF13 3JW) in the last 12 months was 170.7 per 1,000 residents and was 90.1% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 89.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Huddersfield Road (WF13 3JW), the main crime hotspot is near Union Street. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Huddersfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Ravens Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hebble Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Commercial Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spen Valley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Crawshaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Great Pond View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ravens Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Pond Street —
Sep 2025Public order Great Pond Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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