Total Crime Rate

82.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 82.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 35.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Public order 8.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Dunbottle Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Mirfield , and the 570th 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 Dunbottle Close (WF14 9JD) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% lower than the Mirfield average (82.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunbottle Close (WF14 9JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunbottle Close, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunbottle Lane (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunbottle Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Crowlees Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grove Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunbottle Close

Data Sources

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