Crap Towns / Cleckheaton / Crime
How much crime is there in Cleckheaton?
The police recorded 125 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Cleckheaton from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.6 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 55.4. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 120, down from 133 in the 12 months to August 2024.
Somebody nicked Cleck's railway station and nobody's been done for it. Says a lot about the clear-up rate.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| September 2023 to August 2024 | 133 | 78.6 |
| September 2024 to August 2025 | 123 | 77.4 |
| September 2025 to August 2026 | 120 | 73.7 |
| Crime | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 55.4 | 34.1 |
| Public order | 13.9 | 6.6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 10.5 | 7.0 |
| Vehicle crime | 10.4 | 3.8 |
| Other theft | 8.7 | 5.4 |
| Shoplifting | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| Burglary | 6.7 | 3.1 |
| Drugs | 4.5 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| Possession of weapons | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| Robbery | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Theft from the person | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Town | Distance | Crimes per 1,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Cleckheaton | – | 125 |
| Dewsbury | 7.1 km | 124 |
| Heckmondwike | 3.4 km | 115 |
| Batley | 5.2 km | 98.9 |
| Brighouse | 5.1 km | 91.6 |
| Liversedge | 2.2 km | 79.9 |
| Drighlington | 5.0 km | 75.7 |
| Gildersome | 6.6 km | 71.3 |
| Mirfield | 5.2 km | 67.3 |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 3.5 km | 65.9 |
| Shelf and Northowram | 7.5 km | 51.5 |
| The typical town | – | 76.2 |