Crime Rates at Hightown Road, Liversedge, WF15 8BL

Hightown Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Cleckheaton , and the 403rd 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 Hightown Road (WF15 8BL) in the last 12 months was 106.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% lower than the Cleckheaton average (110.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hightown Road (WF15 8BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Shearings, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Laverhills (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.