Total Crime Rate

91.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Windy Bank Lane area has the 31st highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Cleckheaton , and the 524th highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Windy Bank Lane (WF15 8HA) in the last 12 months was 91.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windy Bank Lane (WF15 8HA), the main crime hotspot is near Fifth Avenue West. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Windy Bank Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlas View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Twelfth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mistral Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Atlas View Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seventh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seventh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seventh Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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