Crime Statistics for Marsh, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Marsh in October 2024. There were a total of 303 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Marsh, 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	131
Anti Social Behaviour	35
Public Order	28
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Other Theft	19
Drugs	16
Other Crime	15
Burglary	12
Vehicle Crime	9
Shoplifting	9
Possession Of Weapons	5
Theft From The Person	3
Robbery	1
All Crime	303

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Marsh. 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 Marsh

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fartown (1.39 miles)	548
Oakes (0.62 miles)	458
Paddock (0.62 miles)	312
Marsh	303
Birkby (0.88 miles)	262
Milnsbridge (1.39 miles)	170
Birchencliffe (0.88 miles)	143
Longwood (1.39 miles)	139
Longwood Edge (1.24 miles)	132
Salendine Nook (1.24 miles)	127

Where are the most violent places near Marsh?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fartown	227
Oakes	171
Paddock	142
Marsh	131
Birkby	110
Milnsbridge	82
Salendine Nook	72
Birchencliffe	61
Longwood	60
Longwood Edge	60

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

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 Marsh 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 Marsh compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Marsh and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Marsh is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Newsome	87
2	Greenhead	83
3	Crosland Moor and Netherton	75
4	Ashbrow	72
5	Dalton	70
6	Elland	68
7	Golcar	63
8	Lindley	63
9	Almondbury	56
10	Greetland and Stainland	55
11	Colne Valley	55

Which road in Marsh has the highest level of crime?

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