Crime Statistics for Birchencliffe, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

There were a total of 133 street level crime incidents in Birchencliffe 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 Birchencliffe, 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	66
Public Order	13
Vehicle Crime	11
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Other Theft	9
Other Crime	5
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Shoplifting	4
Burglary	3
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	133

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 Birchencliffe. 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 Birchencliffe

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Marsh (0.88 miles)	230
Birkby (1.24 miles)	226
Oakes (0.62 miles)	202
Birchencliffe	133
Salendine Nook (0.88 miles)	94
Longwood Edge (0.88 miles)	94
Ainley Top (0.62 miles)	75
Blackley (0.88 miles)	67
Nettleton Hill (1.39 miles)	52
Broad Carr (1.39 miles)	33

Where are the most violent places near Birchencliffe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Marsh	114
Birkby	112
Oakes	93
Birchencliffe	66
Salendine Nook	48
Longwood Edge	48
Ainley Top	36
Blackley	36
Nettleton Hill	28
Broad Carr	25

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

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 Birchencliffe 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 Birchencliffe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Newsome	87
2	Greenhead	83
3	Crosland Moor and Netherton	75
4	Ashbrow	72
5	Dalton	70
6	Elland	68
7	Golcar	63
8	Lindley	63
9	Greetland and Stainland	55
10	Colne Valley	55
11	Ryburn	54

Which road in Birchencliffe has the highest level of crime?

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