Crime Statistics for Heckmondwike, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

There were a total of 198 street level crime incidents in Heckmondwike 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 Heckmondwike, 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	88
Public Order	21
Other Theft	19
Other Crime	13
Vehicle Crime	12
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Burglary	10
Shoplifting	6
Drugs	5
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	198

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 Heckmondwike. 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 Heckmondwike

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Carlinghow (1.39 miles)	413
Batley Carr (1.24 miles)	352
Staincliffe (1.24 miles)	352
Healey (0.88 miles)	305
Birstall Smithies (1.39 miles)	220
Heckmondwike	198
Littletown (0.88 miles)	157
Rawfolds (1.39 miles)	137
Liversedge (0.62 miles)	119
Moor Top (1.75 miles)	79

Where are the most violent places near Heckmondwike?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Heckmondwike 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
Healey	137
Birstall Smithies	105
Heckmondwike	88
Littletown	71
Rawfolds	65
Liversedge	54
Moor Top	30

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

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 Heckmondwike 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 Heckmondwike compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Heckmondwike and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Heckmondwike is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dewsbury West	89
2	Batley West	88
3	Dewsbury East	81
4	Heckmondwike	81
5	Birstall and Birkenshaw	73
6	Cleckheaton	73
7	Brighouse	71
8	Liversedge and Gomersal	69
9	Dewsbury South	63
10	Hipperholme and Lightcliffe	57
11	Mirfield	53

Which road in Heckmondwike has the highest level of crime?

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