Postcode · Liversedge
Crime in WF15 8DS
How much crime is recorded in WF15 8DS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hightown & Hartshead Moor
- Council
- Kirklees
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,799 (2024)
WF15 8DSLiversedge
How safe is WF15 8DS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 35.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WF15 8DS area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
35.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
67
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
WF15 8DSNational
Violence and sexual offences29.723.6
Criminal damage and arson11.14.7
Anti-social behaviour9.510.7
Burglary5.69.1
Other theft4.14.5
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Other crime2.61.5
Public order1.94.6
Theft from the person0.92.1
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Shoplifting0.58.4
Drugs0.42.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 36% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.