Crime Statistics for Colne Bridge, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

There were a total of 49 street level crime incidents in Colne Bridge in February 2024. 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 Colne Bridge, 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	19
Other Theft	10
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Drugs	2
Other Crime	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Burglary	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	49

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 Colne Bridge. 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 Colne Bridge

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sheepridge (1.39 miles)	242
Holme (1.12 miles)	118
Moor Top (1.39 miles)	95
Battyeford (1.24 miles)	72
Lower Hopton (1.39 miles)	56
Mirfield (1.96 miles)	52
Colne Bridge	49
Upper Heaton (0.88 miles)	23
Hartshead (1.39 miles)	20
Little Thorpe (1.39 miles)	20

Where are the most violent places near Colne Bridge?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sheepridge	111
Holme	66
Moor Top	41
Battyeford	28
Lower Hopton	28
Mirfield	22
Colne Bridge	19
Upper Heaton	11
Hartshead	6
Little Thorpe	6

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

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 Colne Bridge 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 Colne Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Colne Bridge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Colne Bridge is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Newsome	87
2	Greenhead	83
3	Cleckheaton	73
4	Ashbrow	72
5	Brighouse	71
6	Dalton	70
7	Rastrick	66
8	Lindley	63
9	Hipperholme and Lightcliffe	57
10	Almondbury	56
11	Mirfield	53

Which road in Colne Bridge has the highest level of crime?

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