Dewsbury West
WardNorth east Kirklees. About 20,601 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Dewsbury West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Dewsbury West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dewsbury West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dewsbury West at a rate of 120.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 98.4 per 1,000 people across Kirklees.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 203 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dewsbury West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,190), other crime (530) and anti-social behaviour (235).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Kirklees
These figures are published for the whole of Kirklees, not for each ward, so they describe all of Kirklees and not Dewsbury West alone. See Kirklees
Dewsbury West in brief
Dewsbury West had 19,893 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Dewsbury West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dewsbury West, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dewsbury West, 8.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.