Total Crime Rate
207.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
132.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chesil Bank area has the 11th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Golcar , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 1,332 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 Chesil Bank (HD3 4DR) in the last 12 months was 207.6 per 1,000 residents and was 144.5% higher than the Golcar average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -39.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 132.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesil Bank (HD3 4DR), the main crime hotspot is near Chesil Bank. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lindley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reinwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chesil Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawes Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesil Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesilton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burfitts Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burfitts Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakes Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakes Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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