Total Crime Rate

48.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 48.7 5/10
  • Violent crimes 18.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Track Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Batley West , and the 452nd 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 7AB) in the last 12 months was 48.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% lower than the Batley West average (87.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Track Road (WF17 7AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper North Street, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holly Grove (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Track Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pine Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Track Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Park Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Purlwell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper North Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Holly Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Upper North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Upper North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper North Street
Apr 2026Public order Markham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Markham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Markham Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carr Top Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Markham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Holly Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pine Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Suffolk Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashcroft Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grangefield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Track Road
Apr 2026Other theft Track Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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