Total Crime Rate

49.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Halifax Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Batley West , and the 466th lowest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Halifax Road (WF13 4JJ) in the last 12 months was 49.7 per 1,000 residents and was 43.8% lower than the Batley West average (88.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Halifax Road (WF13 4JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Halifax Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beckett Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Halifax Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Halifax Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tate Naylor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tate Naylor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tate Naylor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Track Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Jesmond Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newsome Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hyrst Garth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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