Total Crime Rate
418.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Golcar , and the 31st highest crime rate of 1,334 local areas in Kirklees .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (HD1 4UB) in the last 12 months was 418.3 per 1,000 residents and was 398.7% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 274.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (HD1 4UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brow Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Golcar| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wren Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Speedwell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Robin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hill Top Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quaker Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quaker Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Fold Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Fold Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Oldfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West View Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brow Road | Under investigation |
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