Total Crime Rate
198.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queen Elizabeth Gardens area has the 10th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Golcar , and the 137th highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queen Elizabeth Gardens (HD1 4BZ) in the last 12 months was 198.1 per 1,000 residents and was 136.2% higher than the Golcar average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 89.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queen Elizabeth Gardens (HD1 4BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Elizabeth Gardens, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spring Grove Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Golcar| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Back Greenhead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Back Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spring Grove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Park Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Grove Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Trinity Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Elizabeth Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Elizabeth Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waverley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elmwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elmwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rifle Fields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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