Dewsbury East
WardNorth east Kirklees. About 21,205 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Dewsbury East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Dewsbury East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dewsbury East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dewsbury East at a rate of 162.1 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, 312 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dewsbury East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,359), other crime (686) and shoplifting (354).
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 East alone. See Kirklees
Dewsbury East in brief
Dewsbury East had 20,084 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Dewsbury East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dewsbury East, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dewsbury East, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.