Total Crime Rate

105.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lowood Lane area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Batley West , and the 423rd highest crime rate of 1,334 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 Lowood Lane (WF17 9DA) in the last 12 months was 105.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.2% higher than the Batley West average (88.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 57.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowood Lane (WF17 9DA), the main crime hotspot is near Briarmains Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lowood Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndene Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caister Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndene Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndene Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Briarmains Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Briarmains Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briarmains Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briarmains Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briarmains Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Ferndene Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ferndene Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Branwell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Caister Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndene Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lowood Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowood Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowood Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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