Crime Statistics for Birkby, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

There were a total of 226 street level crime incidents in Birkby 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 Birkby, 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	112
Public Order	22
Vehicle Crime	17
Other Theft	16
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Burglary	10
Anti Social Behaviour	10
Drugs	8
Shoplifting	7
Other Crime	5
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	226

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 Birkby. 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 Birkby

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Moldgreen (1.75 miles)	459
Fartown (0.62 miles)	455
Paddock (1.39 miles)	323
Marsh (0.88 miles)	287
Sheepridge (1.39 miles)	242
Oakes (1.39 miles)	226
Birkby	226
Netheroyd Hill (0.88 miles)	197
Birchencliffe (1.24 miles)	133
Ainley Top (1.39 miles)	75

Where are the most violent places near Birkby?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fartown	186
Moldgreen	182
Paddock	179
Marsh	149
Oakes	120
Birkby	112
Sheepridge	111
Netheroyd Hill	87
Birchencliffe	66
Ainley Top	36

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

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 Birkby 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 Birkby compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Almondbury	56
11	Colne Valley	55

Which road in Birkby has the highest level of crime?

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