Crime Statistics for Upper Cumberworth, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Upper Cumberworth in August 2024. There were a total of 3 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Vehicle Crime, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Vehicle Crime2
Violent Crime1
All Crime3

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Shelley Woodhouse (1.24 miles)32
Lower Cumberworth (0.88 miles)15
Shepley (1.39 miles)9
Upper Denby (0.88 miles)4
Ingbirchworth (1.39 miles)3
Lane Head (1.24 miles)3
High Flatts (0.62 miles)3
Park Head (1.24 miles)3
Upper Cumberworth3
Lower Denby (1.39 miles)0

3.4%
of Holme Valley South residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Upper Cumberworth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Shelley Woodhouse20
Lower Cumberworth9
Lower Denby4
Shepley3
Upper Denby3
High Flatts1
Upper Cumberworth1
Ingbirchworth0
Lane Head0
Park Head0

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

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 Upper Cumberworth 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 Upper Cumberworth compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Newsome87
2Crosland Moor and Netherton75
3Dalton70
4Holme Valley North57
5Almondbury56
6Mirfield53
7Wakefield Rural49
8Holme Valley South42
9Denby Dale32
10Kirkburton30
11Penistone West29

Which road in Upper Cumberworth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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