Overall Crime Rate Of 138.7 Crimes Per 1000 People
With a history as one of the more populous towns in Yorkshire, Dewsbury has since stagnated in terms of population, but still remains a prosperous and burgeoning market town. However, what hasn’t remained stationary is the town’s crime rate, which has climbed year-on-year to its current rate of 138.7 crimes per 1000 residents.
Digging deeper into this statistic, we find that there’s expectedly high rates across violent crime (4494 incidents) and public order offences (1420 incidents), but there’s also warranted concern for a rate of weapon possession (96 incidents) that’s more than 30% higher than the regional average.