Photo: SnoopingAsUsual · Public domainLiversedge records more crime per resident than 87% of UK towns
On the record of crimes police recorded inside Liversedge’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it takes D for safety: #61 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Out of every 1,000 residents, 41.6 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage are reported annually. Police recorded 123 cases of vehicle crime locally in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 7 per 1,000 against a typical 2.8. Violence recorded locally dropped 10% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Liversedge
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 10% less violent crime per resident in Liversedge than in the year before; across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people violent crime held steady. Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage held steady (towns its size: held steady). Trend ↓
More crime than many places its size
Of 333 UK towns of 12,000 to 24,000 people, Liversedge has the 265th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Waltham Abbey, Whitby and Wombwell, higher than Buxton, Staveley and Swanscombe. Towns its size ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
47% of Liversedge’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 14% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The D for Liversedge, and how it is built
A fairly firm grade. Built on 3,069 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Liversedge against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
47% of Liversedge residents live in one of England’s highest-crime neighbourhoods
14% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 47% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Liversedge’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Liversedge runs highest on vehicle crime (7 per 1,000 against 2.8), other crime (3.2 per 1,000 against 1.8) and burglary (3.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Anti-social behaviour and shoplifting sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 659 | 37.6 | 30.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 175 | 10 | 12.4 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 123 | 7 | 2.8 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 122 | 7 | 6.2 |
| Public order | not graded | 97 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 71 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 60 | 3.4 | 6.1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 56 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 54 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 42 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 13 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 9 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Robbery | Violent | 7 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Liversedge is 265th of 333 UK towns of 12,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kesgrave Suffolk | 14,947 | 13 | 3.3 | 2.7 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 55 | Ilkley West Yorkshire | 14,852 | 18.1 | 12.7 | 13 | B− |
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| 91 | Garforth West Yorkshire | 15,148 | 23 | 10.9 | 7.9 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 95 | Honley West Yorkshire | 14,399 | 26.4 | 8.6 | 5.3 | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 113 | Otley West Yorkshire | 14,549 | 25.6 | 11.3 | 9.3 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 262 | Buxton Derbyshire | 20,048 | 43.8 | 14.1 | 17.1 | D |
| 263 | Staveley Derbyshire | 15,151 | 44.7 | 13.3 | 10.5 | D |
| 264 | Swanscombe Kent | 15,462 | 36.8 | 21.3 | 11.2 | D |
| 265 | Liversedge West Yorkshire | 17,519 | 41.6 | 16.8 | 8.4 | D |
| 266 | Houghton Regis Bedfordshire | 18,814 | 40.5 | 18.4 | 11.5 | D |
| 267 | Porth Mid Glamorgan | 13,352 | 47.1 | 12.2 | 8.5 | D |
| 268 | Northallerton North Yorkshire | 13,314 | 42.3 | 17.1 | 22.4 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 333 | Haverfordwest Dyfed | 12,088 | 91.4 | 28.6 | 32.3 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Liversedge, and others in West Yorkshire.
Crime in Liversedge per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 17 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 8 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Liversedge has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling six-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -10% (towns its size +1%), homes and vehicles +1% (towns its size -2%), shoplifting and theft +15% (towns its size +1%), anti-social behaviour -8% (towns its size -4%).
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 65% of Liversedge’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 15% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (70% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 2% of violent and 5% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 1,040 crimes.
Lowest recorded crime in Heckmondwike, Cleckheaton and Liversedge and Gomersal; highest in Liversedge and Gomersal
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heckmondwike | 4,510 | 23.3 | 8.1 | |
| Cleckheaton | 836 | 19.1 | 14.8 | |
| Liversedge and Gomersal | 12,173 | 49.9 | 20.2 |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Liversedge and Gomersal records 2.2× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Liversedge.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Liversedge’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026.
No one died in a collision on Liversedge’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 110 collisions with injuries inside Liversedge in five years. 33 people were killed or seriously injured: 8 on foot and 3 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people: at their median rate (0.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Liversedge’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Liversedge’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Liversedge had 37.8 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people (23.8). 24% of them were on foot, against 30% across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Liversedge’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Liversedge
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liversedge | 17,519 | 41.6 | 16.8 | D |
| Cleckheaton | 11,607 | 58.3 | 27.6 | D− |
| Heckmondwike | 13,368 | 54.8 | 21.4 | D |
| Mirfield | 19,614 | 33.3 | 13.8 | C |
| Gomersal and Birkenshaw | 13,948 | 26 | 17.2 | C |
| Scholes (near Cleckheaton) | 2,896 | 42 | 14.7 | C− |
| Batley | 44,494 | 48.3 | 19.3 | D |
| Oakenshaw | 1,571 | 34.2 | 25.5 | D |
Liversedge records more graded crime per resident than 3 of its 7 neighbours. Mirfield, 2.1 miles away, records 33.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Liversedge’s 41.6.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Liversedge sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Liversedge
Is Liversedge safe?
Police recorded 41.6 violent and sexual offences and 16.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Liversedge’s built-up area). That earns a D for safety: less crime per resident than 13% of UK towns. Among 333 UK towns of 12,000 to 24,000 people, Liversedge is 265th from the least crime.
What are the safest areas of Liversedge?
By council ward, Heckmondwike, Cleckheaton and Liversedge and Gomersal record the least violent and household crime per resident: 23.3, 19.1 and 49.9 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 49.9 in Liversedge and Gomersal.
Is crime going up in Liversedge?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 10%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage held steady, shoplifting and theft rose 15% and anti-social behaviour fell 8%. Across UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Liversedge?
Violence & sexual offences: 659 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came vehicle crime (123) and criminal damage & arson (122), with 175 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Liversedge compare with Huddersfield?
Huddersfield records 57.1 violent and sexual offences and 18.5 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Liversedge’s 41.6 and 16.8, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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