Total Crime Rate

97.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Groves Hall Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Dewsbury West , and the 476th 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 Groves Hall Road (WF13 3SN) in the last 12 months was 97.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower than the Dewsbury West average (125.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Groves Hall Road (WF13 3SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wroe Street, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornfield (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Groves Hall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Charles Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wroe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Wroe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coney Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Coney Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckett Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wroe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaver Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beaver Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pump Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckett Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckett Lane
Sep 2025Public order Wroe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wroe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wroe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Heckmondwike Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Quarry View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckett Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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