Total Crime Rate

156.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 156.8 9/10
  • Drugs 68.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Public order 11.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Oaklands Drive area has the 35th highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 224th 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 Oaklands Drive (WF17 6RD) in the last 12 months was 156.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% higher than the Batley East average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 2200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oaklands Drive (WF17 6RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fort Ann Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hill Rise (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oaklands Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Solway Road —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hill Rise Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hill Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douglas Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Douglas Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Regent Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Laithe Croft Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Fort Ann Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fort Ann Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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