Total Crime Rate

418.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 418.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 221.2 10/10
  • Other theft 43.3 10/10
  • Other crime 38.5 10/10
  • Public order 38.5 10/10
  • Burglary 19.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church 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.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Top Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wren Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Speedwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Robin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hill Top Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Church Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quaker Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quaker Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heaton Fold Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heaton Fold Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Oldfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West View Rise
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brow Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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