Total Crime Rate

227.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 227.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 134.9 10/10
  • Public order 23.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Warwick Drive area has the 19th highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 104th 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 Warwick Drive (WF17 6EW) in the last 12 months was 227.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.5% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 164.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Warwick Drive (WF17 6EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Textile Street, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Grove (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Warwick Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Textile Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Milton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carr Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Albert Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences David Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rink Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Skipton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Carlisle Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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