Crime Statistics for Hartshead Moor Top, Kirklees, Calderdale, 2024

Crime statistics for Hartshead Moor Top, Kirklees

There were a total of 73 street level crime incidents in Hartshead Moor Top in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hartshead Moor Top, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime43
Vehicle Crime7
Burglary5
Other Theft5
Criminal Damage Arson4
Public Order3
Other Crime2
Theft From The Person1
Drugs1
Anti Social Behaviour1
Shoplifting1
All Crime73

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Hartshead Moor Top

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Brighouse (1.75 miles)228
Spen (1.86 miles)177
Bailiff Bridge (1.39 miles)174
Drub (1.96 miles)159
Rawfolds (1.96 miles)156
Birkhouse (0.88 miles)153
New Road Side (1.39 miles)141
Oakenshaw (1.39 miles)76
Hartshead Moor Top73
Hartshead Moor Side (0.88 miles)44

3.82%
of Hipperholme and Lightcliffe residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hartshead Moor Top?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Brighouse90
New Road Side84
Bailiff Bridge75
Spen69
Rawfolds67
Birkhouse64
Drub54
Hartshead Moor Top43
Oakenshaw36
Hartshead Moor Side18

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Hartshead Moor Top?

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 Hartshead Moor Top 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 Hartshead Moor Top compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Tong95
2Wibsey93
3Royds92
4Great Horton89
5Wyke88
6Cleckheaton73
7Ashbrow72
8Brighouse71
9Liversedge and Gomersal69
10Rastrick66
11Hipperholme and Lightcliffe57

Which road in Hartshead Moor Top has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Hartshead Moor Top with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Well Green Lane.

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