Total Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Street area has the lowest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 4th lowest crime rate of 1,332 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 Oxford Street (WF17 7PR) in the last 12 months was 3.3 per 1,000 residents and was 97.3% lower than the Batley East average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order 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 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Street (WF17 7PR), 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.
View Crime In Batley East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Croft | 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 | Hartington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Purlwell Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Purlwell Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvedere Road | — |
| 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 | Upper North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Markham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Markham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Markham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kensington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladwin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baines Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Track Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brown'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamza Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | 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 |
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