Crime Rates at Victoria Avenue, Batley, WF17 5AX

Victoria Avenue area has the 26th highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Avenue (WF17 5AX) in the last 12 months was 187.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% higher than the Batley East average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 80.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Avenue (WF17 5AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brunswick Street, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Preston Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.