Crime Statistics for Ainley Top, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

Crime statistics for Ainley Top, Kirklees

There were a total of 72 street level crime incidents in Ainley 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 Public Order.

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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime39
Public Order5
Burglary4
Anti Social Behaviour4
Other Crime4
Other Theft4
Vehicle Crime4
Shoplifting3
Criminal Damage Arson3
Possession Of Weapons1
Drugs1
All Crime72

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 Ainley 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 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Marsh (1.39 miles)287
Birkby (1.39 miles)252
Oakes (1.24 miles)226
Birchencliffe (0.62 miles)150
Salendine Nook (1.39 miles)103
Longwood Edge (1.39 miles)103
Ainley Top72
Blackley (0.62 miles)52
Broad Carr (1.24 miles)26
Jagger Green (1.24 miles)26

10.32%
of Lindley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Marsh149
Oakes120
Birkby115
Birchencliffe81
Salendine Nook51
Longwood Edge51
Ainley Top39
Blackley30
Broad Carr11
Jagger Green11

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.

#WardScore
1Newsome87
2Greenhead83
3Crosland Moor and Netherton75
4Ashbrow72
5Dalton70
6Elland68
7Rastrick66
8Golcar63
9Lindley63
10Greetland and Stainland55
11Colne Valley55

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 Paget Crescent.

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