Total Crime Rate
22.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Track Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 139th lowest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Track Road (WF17 7AA) in the last 12 months was 22.1 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% lower than the Batley East average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Track Road (WF17 7AA), the main crime hotspot is near Holly Grove. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Batley East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Suffolk Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Halifax Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | The Wickets | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Purlwell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robin Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Markham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Markham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Markham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Holly Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Top Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Markham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Track Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Track Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashcroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holly Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Track Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grangefield Avenue | Under investigation |
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