Crime Statistics for Lower Hopton, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

There were a total of 53 street level crime incidents in Lower Hopton in February 2024. 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 Lower Hopton, 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	25
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Other Theft	5
Public Order	3
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Other Crime	2
Drugs	2
Vehicle Crime	1
Burglary	1
Shoplifting	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	53

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 Lower Hopton. 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 Lower Hopton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Northorpe (1.39 miles)	141
Holme (1.39 miles)	125
Cockley Hill (1.39 miles)	114
Moor Top (1.24 miles)	79
Battyeford (0.62 miles)	72
Lower Hopton	53
Gawthorpe (1.86 miles)	52
Colne Bridge (1.39 miles)	49
Mirfield (0.62 miles)	43
Upper Heaton (0.62 miles)	24

Where are the most violent places near Lower Hopton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Northorpe	65
Holme	62
Cockley Hill	37
Moor Top	30
Battyeford	28
Lower Hopton	25
Mirfield	20
Colne Bridge	19
Gawthorpe	15
Upper Heaton	11

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

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 Lower Hopton 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 Lower Hopton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Dewsbury West	89
2	Newsome	87
3	Greenhead	83
4	Heckmondwike	81
5	Ashbrow	72
6	Brighouse	71
7	Dalton	70
8	Rastrick	66
9	Dewsbury South	63
10	Almondbury	56
11	Mirfield	53

Which road in Lower Hopton has the highest level of crime?

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