Total Crime Rate
238.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cross Bank 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 Cross Bank Road (WF17 8PJ) 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 Cross Bank Road (WF17 8PJ), 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 Transvaal Terrace (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Batley East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lansdowne Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burley Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Blakeridge Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Upper Blakeridge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Upper Blakeridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Blakeridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Upper Blakeridge Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Transvaal Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Centenary Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Centenary Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Centenary Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayman Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayman Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Mayman Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Transvaal Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6123 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Bank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Bank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayman Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balk Street | Under investigation |
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