Total Crime Rate
153.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornfield area has the 16th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Batley West , and the 220th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cornfield (WF13 3UZ) in the last 12 months was 153.1 per 1,000 residents and was 75.1% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (β 102.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornfield (WF13 3UZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wroe Street, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornfield (26 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 | Carr Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wroe Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quarry View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quarry View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heckmondwike Road | Local resolution |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheat Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wroe Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wroe Street | β |
| 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 | Moorside End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorside Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wheat Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carr Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornfield | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornfield | β |
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