Total Crime Rate
279.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Plover Road area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Lindley , and the 59th 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 Plover Road (HD3 3HU) in the last 12 months was 279.1 per 1,000 residents and was 420.7% higher than the Lindley average (53.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 51.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 211.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plover Road (HD3 3HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cadogan Avenue, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorncliffe Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lindley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dean Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitteron Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Tower View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadogan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dean Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lidget Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cadogan Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorncliffe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cressfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baton Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cadogan Avenue | Under investigation |
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