Total Crime Rate

111.5 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 111.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.6 8/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • 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

Brow Wood Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Batley West , and the 389th 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 Brow Wood Road (WF17 0RJ) in the last 12 months was 111.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% higher than the Batley West average (88.5 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -52.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 95.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brow Wood Road (WF17 0RJ), the main crime hotspot is near Corfe Close. Police recorded 35 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 Brow Wood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millers Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brow Wood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corfe Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corfe Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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