Total Crime Rate

131.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.6 9/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Other theft 15.7 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 7/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Redfearn 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.

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Crime Over Time in Redfearn Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Field Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Milton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Grosvenor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nunroyd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nunroyd Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fountain Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhodes Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Briar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Field Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lonsbrough Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lonsbrough Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marled Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Milton Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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