Total Crime Rate
233.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cullingworth Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Batley West , and the 96th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cullingworth Street (WF13 4AN) in the last 12 months was 233.7 per 1,000 residents and was 167.4% higher than the Batley West average (87.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 99.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cullingworth Street (WF13 4AN), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 108 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Batley West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hillary Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chapel Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thorncliffe Estate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorncliffe Estate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thorncliffe Estate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorncliffe Estate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maythorne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A638 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A638 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A638 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Church Walk | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapel Fold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hillary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Staincliffe Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cullingworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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