Crime Statistics for Lower Hopton, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lower Hopton in September 2024. There were a total of 57 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lower Hopton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	31
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Public Order	5
Vehicle Crime	3
Drugs	3
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Burglary	2
Other Theft	1
Other Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	57

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lower Hopton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Lower Hopton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Lower Hopton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Lower Hopton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Holme (1.39 miles)	210
Cockley Hill (1.39 miles)	188
Northorpe (1.39 miles)	151
Gawthorpe (1.86 miles)	98
Colne Bridge (1.39 miles)	87
Mirfield (0.62 miles)	78
Moor Top (1.24 miles)	75
Battyeford (0.62 miles)	68
Lower Hopton	57
Upper Heaton (0.62 miles)	31

Where are the most violent places near Lower Hopton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Lower Hopton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Holme	138
Cockley Hill	104
Northorpe	88
Mirfield	88
Gawthorpe	64
Colne Bridge	39
Moor Top	31
Lower Hopton	31
Battyeford	30
Upper Heaton	16

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Lower Hopton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Lower Hopton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Lower Hopton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lower Hopton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Lower Hopton have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Dewsbury West.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dewsbury West	89
2	Newsome	87
3	Greenhead	83
4	Heckmondwike	81
5	Ashbrow	72
6	Brighouse	71
7	Dalton	70
8	Rastrick	66
9	Dewsbury South	63
10	Almondbury	56
11	Mirfield	53

Which road in Lower Hopton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Lower Hopton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.