Crime Statistics for Lockwood, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

Crime statistics for Lockwood, Kirklees

There were a total of 275 street level crime incidents in Lockwood in January 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 Lockwood, 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 Crime143
Other Theft28
Criminal Damage Arson23
Public Order20
Drugs14
Burglary12
Other Crime8
Vehicle Crime7
Shoplifting7
Robbery5
Anti Social Behaviour5
Theft From The Person2
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime275

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 Lockwood. 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 Lockwood

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Paddock (0.88 miles)323
Lockwood275
Lower Houses (1.24 miles)207
Milnsbridge (1.24 miles)153
Crosland Moor (1.24 miles)153
Newsome (0.88 miles)136
Hall Bower (0.88 miles)136
Berry Brow (0.62 miles)133
Crosland Hill (1.39 miles)70
Armitage Bridge (1.24 miles)57

23.38%
of Crosland Moor and Netherton residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lockwood?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Paddock179
Lockwood143
Lower Houses92
Milnsbridge87
Crosland Moor87
Berry Brow71
Newsome63
Hall Bower63
Crosland Hill38
Armitage Bridge23

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

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 Lockwood 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 Lockwood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lockwood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lockwood is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Newsome87
2Greenhead83
3Crosland Moor and Netherton75
4Ashbrow72
5Dalton70
6Elland68
7Golcar63
8Lindley63
9Holme Valley North57
10Almondbury56
11Kirkburton30

Which road in Lockwood has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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