Crime Statistics for Battyeford, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Battyeford in September 2024. There were a total of 68 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 Battyeford, 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	30
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Public Order	7
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Theft	5
Other Crime	3
Drugs	3
Burglary	3
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	68

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 Battyeford. 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 Battyeford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Holme (1.72 miles)	210
Northorpe (1.24 miles)	151
Colne Bridge (1.24 miles)	87
Mirfield (0.88 miles)	78
Moor Top (0.62 miles)	75
Battyeford	68
Lower Hopton (0.62 miles)	57
Upper Heaton (0.88 miles)	31
Hartshead (1.39 miles)	17
Little Thorpe (1.39 miles)	17

Where are the most violent places near Battyeford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Holme	138
Northorpe	88
Mirfield	88
Colne Bridge	39
Moor Top	31
Lower Hopton	31
Battyeford	30
Upper Heaton	16
Hartshead	1
Little Thorpe	1

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

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 Battyeford 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 Battyeford compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Battyeford and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Battyeford 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	Batley West	88
3	Greenhead	83
4	Heckmondwike	81
5	Cleckheaton	73
6	Brighouse	71
7	Dalton	70
8	Rastrick	66
9	Hipperholme and Lightcliffe	57
10	Almondbury	56
11	Mirfield	53

Which road in Battyeford has the highest level of crime?

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