Total Crime Rate

100.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 55.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.1 8/10
  • Other crime 13.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spring Place Gardens area has the 29th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Dewsbury South , and the 440th 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 Spring Place Gardens (WF14 0QU) in the last 12 months was 100.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% higher than the Dewsbury South average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spring Place Gardens (WF14 0QU), the main crime hotspot is near Crescent Walk. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Spring Place Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shill Bank Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crescent Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clarkson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarkson Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarkson Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarkson Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crescent Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crescent Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Craven Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Crescent Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crescent Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crescent Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crescent Walk —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crescent Walk —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Crescent —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shill Bank Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crescent Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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