Crime Statistics for Ainley Top, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ainley Top in August 2024. There were a total of 183 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ainley 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	65
Other Theft	22
Public Order	20
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Vehicle Crime	14
Burglary	10
Other Crime	8
Shoplifting	6
Drugs	4
All Crime	183

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 Ainley Top. 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 Ainley Top

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Birkby (1.39 miles)	556
Marsh (1.39 miles)	338
Oakes (1.24 miles)	270
Birchencliffe (0.62 miles)	191
Ainley Top	170
Salendine Nook (1.39 miles)	110
Longwood Edge (1.39 miles)	110
Blackley (0.62 miles)	81
Broad Carr (1.24 miles)	39
Jagger Green (1.24 miles)	39

Where are the most violent places near Ainley Top?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Birkby	236
Marsh	144
Oakes	110
Birchencliffe	74
Ainley Top	65
Salendine Nook	55
Longwood Edge	55
Blackley	36
Broad Carr	17
Jagger Green	17

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ainley 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 Ainley 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 Ainley Top compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ainley Top and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Ainley Top is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Newsome	87
2	Greenhead	83
3	Crosland Moor and Netherton	75
4	Ashbrow	72
5	Dalton	70
6	Elland	68
7	Rastrick	66
8	Golcar	63
9	Lindley	63
10	Greetland and Stainland	55
11	Colne Valley	55

Which road in Ainley Top has the highest level of crime?

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