Total Crime Rate

122.8 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 122.8 8/10
  • Other theft 48.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.5 8/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Villa Gardens area has the 46th highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 329th 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 Villa Gardens (WF17 6AN) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower than the Batley East average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 76.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Villa Gardens (WF17 6AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fox Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Villa Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rink Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Skipton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Grafton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grafton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North King Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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