Crime Rates at Dark Lane, Batley, WF17 7PP

Dark Lane area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 139th lowest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dark Lane (WF17 7PP) in the last 12 months was 19.9 per 1,000 residents and was 84.2% lower than the Batley East average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -92.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 240.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dark Lane (WF17 7PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper North Street, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clerk Green Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.