Crime Statistics for Highburton, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

Crime statistics for Highburton, Kirklees

There were a total of 22 street level crime incidents in Highburton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Highburton, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime6
Burglary4
Public Order3
Shoplifting3
Other Theft3
Anti Social Behaviour1
Other Crime1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime22

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Highburton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Highburton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Fenay Bridge (1.39 miles)89
Rowley Hill (0.62 miles)29
High Green (0.62 miles)29
Little Lepton (0.88 miles)28
Causeway Foot (0.62 miles)26
Shelley (1.39 miles)23
Highburton22
Roydhouse (1.39 miles)20
Thunder Bridge (1.39 miles)8
Green Side (1.75 miles)0

3.6%
of Kirkburton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Highburton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Fenay Bridge33
Shelley13
Rowley Hill10
High Green10
Roydhouse10
Little Lepton9
Causeway Foot9
Highburton6
Thunder Bridge5
Green Side0

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

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 Highburton 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 Highburton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Highburton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Highburton have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Newsome.

#WardScore
1Newsome87
2Greenhead83
3Crosland Moor and Netherton75
4Dalton70
5Golcar63
6Holme Valley North57
7Almondbury56
8Mirfield53
9Holme Valley South42
10Denby Dale32
11Kirkburton30

Which road in Highburton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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