Crap Towns / Heckmondwike / Crime

How much crime is there in Heckmondwike?

The police recorded 115 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Heckmondwike from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.5 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 52.3. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 104, down from 118 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	118	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	122	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	104	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	52.3	34.1
Public order	12.6	6.6
Criminal damage and arson	9.6	7.0
Other theft	9.5	5.4
Shoplifting	7.8	7.1
Vehicle crime	7.0	3.8
Burglary	4.9	3.1
Other crime	4.4	2.0
Drugs	3.5	2.4
Possession of weapons	1.3	0.8
Robbery	1.2	0.6
Theft from the person	0.4	0.4
Bicycle theft	0.4	0.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Cleckheaton	3.4 km	125
Dewsbury	3.9 km	124
Heckmondwike	–	115
Morley	6.1 km	102
Batley	2.3 km	98.9
Liversedge	2.0 km	79.9
Drighlington	4.9 km	75.7
Gildersome	5.5 km	71.3
Ossett	7.4 km	67.6
Mirfield	4.0 km	67.3
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	4.9 km	65.9
The typical town	–	76.2