Crime Statistics for Moor Top, Battyeford, Kirklees, 2024

There were a total of 79 street level crime incidents in Moor Top 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 Moor Top, 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	30
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Public Order	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Other Theft	4
Drugs	3
Burglary	3
Shoplifting	3
Other Crime	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	79

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 Moor Top. 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 Moor Top

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Northorpe (1.39 miles)	141
Liversedge (1.39 miles)	119
Moor Top	79
Battyeford (0.62 miles)	72
Lower Hopton (1.24 miles)	53
Colne Bridge (1.39 miles)	49
Mirfield (1.39 miles)	43
Upper Heaton (1.39 miles)	24
Hartshead (0.88 miles)	11
Little Thorpe (0.88 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Moor Top?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Northorpe	65
Liversedge	54
Moor Top	30
Battyeford	28
Lower Hopton	25
Mirfield	20
Colne Bridge	19
Upper Heaton	11
Hartshead	4
Little Thorpe	4

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

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 Moor Top 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 Moor Top compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Dewsbury West	89
2	Batley West	88
3	Greenhead	83
4	Heckmondwike	81
5	Cleckheaton	73
6	Brighouse	71
7	Liversedge and Gomersal	69
8	Rastrick	66
9	Hipperholme and Lightcliffe	57
10	Almondbury	56
11	Mirfield	53

Which road in Moor Top has the highest level of crime?

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