Crime Rates at Bradford Road, Batley, WF17 8HZ

Bradford Road area has the 74th highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 555th highest 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 Bradford Road (WF17 8HZ) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bradford Road (WF17 8HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anne Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ruby Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.