Crime Rate in Golcar, ward

Golcar has the 11th lowest crime rate of 23 wards in Kirklees district and the 2493rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 194th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Golcar in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% lower than the Kirklees district average (102.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Golcar’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 856 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 7 cases , down -12.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 36.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,045 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Golcar ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Market Street, with 71 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Victory Avenue (35 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.