Crime Statistics for Batley Carr, Batley, Kirklees –, 2024

There were a total of 352 street level crime incidents in Batley Carr in February 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 Batley Carr, 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	158
Public Order	38
Vehicle Crime	28
Other Theft	24
Criminal Damage Arson	24
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Burglary	16
Shoplifting	12
Drugs	11
Other Crime	9
Robbery	5
Possession Of Weapons	3
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	352

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Carlinghow (0.62 miles)	413
Batley Carr	352
Staincliffe	352
Batley (0.88 miles)	348
Hanging Heaton (1.24 miles)	333
Healey (0.88 miles)	305
Boothroyd (1.24 miles)	267
Upper Batley (1.39 miles)	250
Lower Soothill (1.39 miles)	215
Heckmondwike (1.24 miles)	198

Where are the most violent places near Batley Carr?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Carlinghow	176
Batley Carr	158
Staincliffe	158
Batley	144
Healey	137
Boothroyd	122
Hanging Heaton	119
Upper Batley	104
Heckmondwike	88
Lower Soothill	73

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

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 Batley Carr 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 Batley Carr compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Batley Carr and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Batley Carr is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dewsbury West	89
2	Batley West	88
3	Dewsbury East	81
4	Heckmondwike	81
5	Batley East	76
6	Birstall and Birkenshaw	73
7	Cleckheaton	73
8	Liversedge and Gomersal	69
9	Morley South	65
10	Ossett	63
11	Dewsbury South	63

Which road in Batley Carr has the highest level of crime?

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