Total Crime Rate
188.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Huddersfield Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Mirfield , and the 145th highest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Huddersfield Road (WF14 9PY) in the last 12 months was 188.1 per 1,000 residents and was 129.1% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 99.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Huddersfield Road (WF14 9PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Maltings, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Littlemoor Grove (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mirfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nettleton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nettleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlemoor Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlemoor Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fox Royd Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Huddersfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Maltings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wilson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wilson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Place | Under investigation |
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