Total Crime Rate
166.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brook Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Batley West , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brook Street (WF13 3PA) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 90.7% higher than the Batley West average (87.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (β 97.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brook Street (WF13 3PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wroe Street, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Knowles Hill Road (30 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornfield | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wroe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wroe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gledhill Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moorcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wroe Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowles Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Staincliffe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Staincliffe Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wroe Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wroe Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wroe Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornfield | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheat Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wheat Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Low Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quarry View | Under investigation |
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