Total Crime Rate

88.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 88.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Hightown Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Cleckheaton , and the 539th highest crime rate of 1,334 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 8BN) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% lower than the Cleckheaton average (111.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hightown Road (WF15 8BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harepark Drive, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aquila Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hightown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rydale Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Shearings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Shearings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harepark Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Harepark Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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