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

Richmond Road 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 Richmond Road (WF17 6JY) 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 Richmond Road (WF17 6JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Commonside (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Richmond Road area

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