Total Crime Rate
163.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Summerbridge Close area has the 28th highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 190th highest crime rate of 1,332 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 Summerbridge Close (WF17 8ET) in the last 12 months was 163.4 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 81.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Summerbridge Close (WF17 8ET), the main crime hotspot is near Ealing Court. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Batley West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealand Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A652 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pearl Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearl Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Mills Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairview Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coal Pit Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaster Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chaster Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pynate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A652 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairview Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Bank Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summerbridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ealing Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ealing Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coal Pit Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coal Pit Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fieldens Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amber Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A652 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Bank Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A652 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealand Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A652 | Under investigation |
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