Colne Valley West
WardWest Kirklees. About 17,110 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 65 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Colne Valley West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Colne Valley West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Colne Valley West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Colne Valley West at a rate of 66.1 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, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Colne Valley West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (467), other crime (211) and anti-social behaviour (112).
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 Colne Valley West alone. See Kirklees
Colne Valley West in brief
Colne Valley West had 16,886 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Colne Valley West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Colne Valley West, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Colne Valley West, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.