Crime Statistics for Town End, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

Crime statistics for Town End, Kirklees

There were a total of 68 street level crime incidents in Town End in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Town End, 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 Crime31
Public Order9
Criminal Damage Arson5
Vehicle Crime4
Burglary4
Anti Social Behaviour4
Shoplifting4
Other Theft3
Other Crime3
Drugs1
All Crime68

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 Town End. 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 Town End

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Milnsbridge (1.24 miles)153
Crosland Moor (1.24 miles)153
Longwood (0.88 miles)95
Crosland Hill (1.39 miles)70
Town End68
Linthwaite (0.88 miles)45
Blackmoorfoot (1.24 miles)42
Clough (1.24 miles)42
Clough Head (0.62 miles)38
Nettleton Hill (1.24 miles)35

3.08%
of Colne Valley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Town End?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Milnsbridge87
Crosland Moor87
Longwood44
Crosland Hill38
Town End31
Linthwaite24
Blackmoorfoot18
Clough18
Clough Head15
Nettleton Hill8

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

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 Town End 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 Town End compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Newsome87
2Greenhead83
3Crosland Moor and Netherton75
4Ashbrow72
5Dalton70
6Elland68
7Golcar63
8Lindley63
9Greetland and Stainland55
10Colne Valley55
11Ryburn54

Which road in Town End has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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