Total Crime Rate
47.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Quarmby Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Golcar , and the 435th lowest crime rate of 1,332 local areas in Kirklees .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Quarmby Road (HD3 4DZ) in the last 12 months was 47.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Quarmby Road (HD3 4DZ), 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 Golcar| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cliffe End Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chesil Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Firs Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harp Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harp Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Firs Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesil Bank | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Meg Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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