Crime Statistics for Linthwaite, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Linthwaite in July 2024. There were a total of 55 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Linthwaite, 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 Crime20
Criminal Damage Arson13
Burglary5
Other Theft5
Vehicle Crime5
Anti Social Behaviour4
Public Order2
Other Crime1
All Crime55

Map of street level crime incidents in July 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Linthwaite. 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 Linthwaite

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Milnsbridge (0.88 miles)159
Crosland Moor (0.88 miles)159
Longwood (1.24 miles)114
Town End (0.88 miles)102
Crosland Hill (0.62 miles)80
Clough Head (1.39 miles)70
Linthwaite55
Clough (0.88 miles)54
Blackmoorfoot (0.88 miles)31
Netherton (1.39 miles)22

6.62%
of Golcar residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Linthwaite?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Longwood80
Crosland Moor79
Milnsbridge69
Town End48
Clough Head32
Crosland Hill30
Blackmoorfoot24
Linthwaite20
Clough17
Netherton10

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

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 Linthwaite 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 Linthwaite compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Linthwaite and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Linthwaite is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Newsome87
2Greenhead83
3Crosland Moor and Netherton75
4Dalton70
5Elland68
6Golcar63
7Lindley63
8Holme Valley North57
9Greetland and Stainland55
10Colne Valley55
11Ryburn54

Which road in Linthwaite has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: July 2024
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