Total Crime Rate

238.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 238.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 85.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Drugs 21.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.8 7/10
  • Other theft 17.8 9/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cemetery Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 150 local areas in Batley East , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cemetery Road (WF17 8PG) in the last 12 months was 238.4 per 1,000 residents and was 89.2% higher than the Batley East average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 419.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cemetery Road (WF17 8PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Blakeridge Lane, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mayman Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cemetery Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Mayman Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Bank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Bank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Blakeridge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayman Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayman Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upper Blakeridge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gordale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Gordale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Upper Blakeridge Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mayman Close
Sep 2025Public order Upper Blakeridge Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Blakeridge Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Centenary Way
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Centenary Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeridge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Centenary Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B6123 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burley Walk Under investigation

Data Sources

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