Crime Statistics for Northorpe, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

Crime statistics for Northorpe, Kirklees

There were a total of 141 street level crime incidents in Northorpe in January 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 Northorpe, 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 Crime60
Criminal Damage Arson15
Shoplifting14
Other Theft12
Public Order11
Burglary8
Anti Social Behaviour5
Other Crime4
Vehicle Crime4
Drugs3
Bicycle Theft2
Theft From The Person2
Robbery1
All Crime141

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 Northorpe. 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 Northorpe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Boothroyd (1.39 miles)317
Heckmondwike (1.86 miles)227
Northorpe141
Ravensthorpe (0.62 miles)109
Moor Top (1.39 miles)95
Battyeford (1.24 miles)84
Lower Hopton (1.39 miles)56
Mirfield (0.88 miles)52
Upper Heaton (1.96 miles)23
Fox Royd (1.76 miles)21

4.34%
of Mirfield residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Northorpe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Boothroyd128
Heckmondwike104
Northorpe60
Ravensthorpe48
Moor Top41
Battyeford41
Lower Hopton28
Mirfield22
Fox Royd13
Upper Heaton11

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

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 Northorpe 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 Northorpe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Dewsbury West89
2Batley West88
3Dewsbury East81
4Heckmondwike81
5Cleckheaton73
6Brighouse71
7Liversedge and Gomersal69
8Ossett63
9Dewsbury South63
10Almondbury56
11Mirfield53

Which road in Northorpe has the highest level of crime?

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

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