Total Crime Rate
131.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Redfearn Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Heckmondwike , and the 296th 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 Redfearn Avenue (WF16 9PY) in the last 12 months was 131.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% higher than the Heckmondwike average (101.5 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 Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 81.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Redfearn Avenue (WF16 9PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lonsbrough Avenue, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heckmondwike| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Field Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nunroyd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nunroyd | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fountain Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhodes Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Briar Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Field Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lonsbrough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsbrough Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marled Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Milton Street | Under investigation |
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